[BREAKING] Andhra-based TV5 and ABN news channels charged with Sedition, move Supreme Court against FIR; claim "chilling effect" on media

The news channels submitted that the FIR could be the result of telecasting a number of allegedly offensive speeches made by Raju, a Member of Parliament from the ruling party of Andhra Pradesh (YSRCP).
ABN News, TV5 News, Supreme Court
ABN News, TV5 News, Supreme Court

Andhra-based news channels TV5 and ABN news have moved the Supreme Court against the First Information Report (FIR) registered against them by Andhra Pradesh Police for sedition and other charges after it aired "offending speeches" made by YSR Congress lawmaker, Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju.

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