New Delhi, March 13 -- 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 Manag...