Overview
- Hyderabad Police said two NTV journalists were arrested after late-night detentions linked to a January 8 programme involving a woman IAS officer and a state minister.
- Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar, who leads the SIT, stated one reporter was intercepted while attempting to fly to Bangkok and urged full cooperation with the investigation.
- The FIR originated from a complaint by Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan on behalf of the Telangana IAS Officers’ Association alleging false and fabricated content.
- SIT personnel searched NTV’s office and reportedly seized computers and hard disks, with the detained journalists taken for medical examination before court production.
- BRS and BJP leaders, along with journalist unions, condemned the detentions as an attack on press freedom and alleged due-process violations, while police maintained they acted within the law.