Frontline journalist detained, let off

Hyderabad | Wednesday | 18th January, 2017

Summary:

Prof.

Srivastava said if the administration let the press in, others would also ask to be let in. more-inKunal Shankar, Frontline magazine’s Telangana and Andhra Pradesh correspondent, was detained by the police for “trespass” into the University of Hyderabad and was let off subsequently. Mr.

Shankar was in the UoH with regard to the first death anniversary of research scholar Rohith Vemular last year. A copy of the First Information Report (FIR) was not given to Mr.

Shankar, he said. “Nobody was taking responsibility for his (Mr.

Shankar) entry,” he added..