Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is clearly mad at the 'Sakshi group' ever since they broke the story on his alleged transactions in Amaravathi.
The AP police, a couple of days ago summoned journalists of Sakshi daily in Krishna and Guntur districts and questioned them regarding their source of information on the alleged land dealings in the proposed Amaravathi capital region.
The DSP had summoned the reporters to Mangalagiri and questioned them and claimed to be conducting an inquiry into some complaints filed with them. This act has been condemned by the ‘Indian Journalists Union’.
In a statement, IJU president S N Sinha, Vice-president Ambati Anjaneyulu, Secretary-general Amar Devulapalli and Press Council of India (PCI) member K Amarnath said that the action of the police amounts to attack on freedom.
“The police have no business to summon reporters and desk journalists to the police station and question them on the source of the news stories published or broadcast. We urge the police to desist from such illegal activities,” the statement read.
But that’s Naidu for you. he brooks no dissent at all. He’ll burn your fields or have you summoned.
