Hyderabad, Jan. 14 -- Political leaders across parties on Wednesday condemned the midnight arrests of three NTV journalists, calling for restraint and due process while the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probes the controversial news reports aired recently.
In a separate statement, TPCC Working President T Jagga Reddy said the government was right in constituting an SIT under senior officer Sajjanar to identify the masterminds behind the alleged derogatory and unverified reports against ministers and senior officials. However, he appealed to SIT officials to act with restraint, stating that it would have been better to issue notices and summon the journalists for questioning instead of arresting them in the middle of the night on a festi...