Otayl Chedly, a Tunisian student at the Higher Institute of Accounting and Business Administration in Manouba, was detained by Tunisian police forces during his outing to buy some necessities within the context of arbitrary arrests, and he was taken to a police station in the El Mourouj are along with others. Otayl and other detainees were subjected to physical torture and intimidation to force them to sign the police report.

After arresting Otayl on the grounds of forming a group, he was sentenced to one year and 15 days. After the verdict was issued, Otayl Chedly was detained until March 9, when the court in the appellate phase ruled for his release, along with the rest of the detainees in the same case.