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Are they free to go?

Sure sounds like they're being held against their will, which is one form of being "locked up". If I lock you inside my house and prevent you from leaving, I can be charged with false imprisonment, even though you're not in a prison.

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The kids were questioned in the school which is certainly wrong. But that doesn't mean they were "locked up" somewhere. Locked up (in India at least) usually means being jailed.

Jail in India means being held involuntarily at the police station. Usually, but not necessarily, in cells. They were locked up

interrogated at police station, not held. Clickbaity article.

They are children. Do children have no special protections in India? Is interrogation much better?

This tactic of defending the government by trying to distract from this heinous set of events by arguing semantics is not new, but doesn’t deserve to be HN.

Not interrogated at police station. The police went to the school. No kid is detained or under arrest. They are free to go but they probably don't know that, being kids. Is is morally wrong? Yes. But the article is click-bait.

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