Lawfare – Arrests, Journalists

South First’s journalist, Sumit Jha, who was detained by Hyderabad Police on Sunday, 30 March, while reporting on a student protest at the University of Hyderabad against the clearing of forest land marked for auction by the Telangana government, has been released.
Sumit Jha was taken into custody, alongside student protesters, while recording a confrontation between students and police.
In a series of video messages sent to the South First newsroom from inside a police van, Jha said a police officer snatched his phone and detained him alongside the protesting students.