
A Guntur court last night granted bail to seasoned journalist Kollu Ankababu. According to the News Minute, he was arrested on September 22 for sharing a WhatsApp post “believed to have shown the YSR Congress party”, which governs Andhra Pradesh, “in a bad light”.
Ankababu was allegedly picked up from his home by a plainclothes team from the Crime Investigation Department. While granting Ankababu bail, the court “sought an explanation” for his arrest and dismissed the CID’s remand petition “as they failed to follow due procedure”, the New Indian Express reported.