Hyderabad, March 17 -- A local court in Hyderabad on Monday, March 17, granted bail to two women journalists who were arrested for allegedly conspiring against Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy. The court also rejected the police's petition seeking custody of the two journalists.

It is to be noted that journalists, Revathi Pogadadanda, managing director of YouTube news channel Pulse Digital News Network, and Thanvi Yadav, an employee were booked and arrested on March 11 for organised crime under section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanahita (BNS) after a video of a man abusing CM Revanth went viral.

However, their counsel Kiran Kumar Gannamaneni argued that the arrests violated Supreme Court guidelines and were based on false charg...