Hyderabad, June 9 -- Senior Telugu journalist Kommineni Srinivas Rao was arrested in Hyderabad on Monday, June 9, for hosting a programme on a vernacular channel where a scribe allegedly made derogatory remarks against the greenfield capital city Amaravati, said a police official.

Guntur district superintendent of police S Satish confirmed that Thullur police from Amaravati have arrested the journalist.

"Thullur police have arrested Kommineni Srinivas Rao from Hyderabad over the derogatory remarks against Amaravati," Satish told PTI, adding that the journalist is being brought to Andhra Pradesh from Telangana.

VVR Krishna Raju, the journalist, who was also part of the programme, was accused of spewing venom against Amaravati and its wo...