Security personnel have taken into custody tow journalists, Dhiren Chemjong and Dharma Gautam, from Ilam municipality on Wednesday.

According to the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), the duo were taken into custody by the security personnel this morning as they were covering the municipal polls. No reason was given.

Both of them are affiliated to Sutradhar weekly published from Ilam.

In eastern district of Dhankuta, police have detained journalist J B Ghale Magar and Tikaram Ghimire on Tuesday. Magar is the vice president of Dhankuta district unit of FNJ while Ghimire is a correspondent with Udghosh daily.

FNJ has demanded immediate release of all the journalists detained across the country.