Rajya Sabha (RS) member Kapil Sibal has condemned the ‘arrest’ of two journalists in Telangana. The former Union Minister has called the arrest “the result of a contagious disease called intolerance.”
“Telangana: Arrests two journalists for criticising CM for spreading falsehood inciting divisions to disturb law and order. Really?,” Sibal wrote on X.
Two women journalists were arrested by Hyderabad Police’s Cyber Crime division on March 12 for posting and amplifying allegedly abusive content against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
Telangana is one of the three Congress-ruled states. The other two are Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka.
The two arrested journalists have been identified as Pogadadanda Revathi, the Managing Director of Pulse News, and Thanvi Yadav, a reporter for the same channel. A third individual – the user of an X account titled ‘NippuKodi’ – has also been detained.
“Arrest is not the solution.It is the result of a contagious disease called: Intolerance!,” Sibal, a senior advocate in the Supreme Court said.
Sibal is a designated senior advocate and is currently the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). He quit Congress in 2022 to contest Rajya Sabha polls with Samajwadi Party (SP) support. He has been Union Minister during UPA regimes.
All three journalists were taken into custody after a complaint from the chief of the Congress’ state social media unit. They face charges including publishing obscene material to organised crime and criminal conspiracy, spreading rumours to incite hatred, and provoking a breach of peace, the police said.
Arrest is not the solution. It is the result of a contagious disease called: Intolerance!
The video was allegedly shot at Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) headquarters in Hyderabad, they added.
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