Senior journalist Krishnamraju, who lit a huge controversy in Andhra Pradesh by making insulting statements about Amaravati while participating in a debate at Sakshi TV, has been taken into custody by the police. His insulting statement, referring to Amaravati as the “capital of prostitutes,” evoked a wave of ire throughout the state.
Within days of the case being filed against him, Krishnamraju absconded from his home in Vijayawada’s Lotus area of Ajit Singh Nagar and hid himself in Visakhapatnam to escape arrest. Meanwhile, the police had already taken into custody Kommineni Srinivasa Rao, the veteran journalist and debate show anchor of Sakshi TV, who was sent to judicial remand based on a court order.
Following a thorough search, Thullur police traced Krishnamraju in Visakhapatnam and apprehended him. He is being brought back to Vijayawada currently and should reach here by Thursday morning.
After returning, he will be interrogated at the Thullur police station before being produced in court later the same day. As the charges are serious and public opinion has shifted, lawyers expect Krishnamraju to be judicially remanded like Kommineni, with little prospect of getting bail in the immediate future.
