Hyderabad, March 17 -- A local court in Hyderabad on Monday, March 17, dropped charges of organised crime against two female journalists who were arrested for allegedly defaming Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy.

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.

Section 111 of the BNS says a person could be punished with a five-year jail term or life imprisonment and even the death penalty if the crime results in death.

On March 15, addressing the Telangana As...