Lucknow Police arrested former News Nation journalist Anil Yadav over a complaint filed by another journalist against the Samajwadi Party media cell’s Twitter handle. Yadav was earlier in the news for his allegations that the channel had issued instructions to reporters to not be critical of the BJP and to bring in communal angles to reports.
Manish Pandey, the Lucknow-based resident editor of local channel News One India, had lodged a complaint on November 23 claiming that the SP media cell’s Twitter handle had been abusing him on social media. While police arrested Yadav in the early hours of November 25, alleging his role in the case, the party as well as the former News Nation journalist have denied the allegations.
