Two women journalists arrested in Hyderabad for posts against Revanth Reddy
Senior journalist Revathi and her colleague, Thanvi, were picked up around 5 am from their residences, for posting a video of a farmer speaking about his hardships under the Congress regime on their YouTube channel and social media platforms, which went viral
Hyderabad: In an early morning swoop, two women journalists, Revathi and Thanvi Yadav, were arrested by the police from their homes in the city for allegedly posting derogatory and abusive posts against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
Senior journalist Revathi and her colleague, Thanvi, were picked up around 5 am from their residences, for posting a video of a farmer speaking about his hardships under the Congress regime on their YouTube channel and social media platforms a few days ago, which subsequently went viral.
Police said Revathi (44), the managing director of Pulse News, and Bandi Sandhya alias Thanvi Yadav (25), a reporter with the channel, were involved in social media trolling and two other similar cases in Telangana. The case pertains to a viral interview video clip broadcasted by Pulse TV channel, wherein an old farmer is seen making abusive and derogatory remarks against the Chief Minister.
“It clearly indicates a deliberate attempt by the Pulse TV channel to defame and spread false propaganda,” said P Vishwa Prasad, Additional Commissioner (Crime and SIT), Hyderabad. Following a complaint from a representative of the Congress Social Media Cell, a case was booked and the journalists were arrested.
Meanwhile, it has been alleged that the police team had also threatened Revathi’s watchman and deleted the entire CCTV footage of the raid and arrest, erasing all evidence. Officials have not even intimated the arrests of the women journalists and refused to disclose their whereabouts to their family members, leaving them in a state of panic. The two women were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody in the evening.
