Pulse News MD, reporter arrested for ‘derogatory remarks’ against Telangana CM Revanth

Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrest two Youtubers for circulating abusive content targeting Telangana Chief Minister, sparking concerns.

In a dramatic arrest, Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police took two Youtubers into custody for allegedly circulating abusive and defamatory content online, targeting Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.

The accused have been identified as Pogadadanda Revathi, aged 44, the Managing Director of Pulse News (Purple Crow Media Inc.) and Bandi Sandhya, also known as Thanvi Yadav, 25, a reporter for Pulse News.

The case came to light following a complaint by Kailash, a 40-year-old businessman, serving as the State Secretary of the Congress Social Media Cell in Hyderabad, who discovered an abusive video circulating on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on March 10, 2025.

According to the police, the video showed a representative from Pulse TV channel conducting a ‘provocative interview’ that contained derogatory remarks and disrespectful comments against the Chief Minister.

The video was posted by the X (formerly Twitter) profile @NippuKodi and was amplified widely, which was likely to divisions and create law and order issues in Hyderabad and the state, the police said on Wednesday briefing newspersons.

“We arrested Revathi from her residence in the Financial District while Sandhya was arrested from her Kothur residence early on Wednesday after establishing their involvement in making and promoting false propaganda through social media,” Hyderabad Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes) P Viswa Prasad said.

“Such content was shared in an attempt to increase the reach and viewership. We are launching a detailed probe into the financial transactions to see how the viewership has increased and incomes have increased,” the official said.