Overview

• VV Krishnam Raju was detained on June 11 near the Gosthani river in Visakhapatnam after allegedly calling Amaravati the “capital of prostitutes” during a June 6 debate
• Anchor Kommineni Srinivasa Rao was arrested on June 9 and sent to judicial custody on June 10 for moderating the debate where the remarks occurred
• Complaints lodged by State Madiga Corporation director Khambampati Sirisha, women farmers and Amaravati Joint Action Committees prompted the FIR at Thullur police station
• The FIR invokes sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act and the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act
• Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan condemned the slur while the YSR Congress Party denounced the arrests as politically motivated