Police raid, court pause: Krishank case gets murkier
BRS leader Manne Krishank was taken into custody over a social-media post, reports say. Later, the Telangana High Court directed police to follow the BNSS notice procedure and not arrest him — while the state said he had already been arrested.
Conflicting accounts followed a police operation in the social-media case.
The Congress government in Telangana managed to turn a social-media case into a procedural fog on Friday. BRS social-media convenor Manne Krishank was taken into custody from his Hyderabad residence at about 5am over a post concerning an alleged incident involving KTR’s PRO and personal assistant at Saifabad police station, multiple reports said.
Reports described police entering the residence and breaking an outer gate lock. Whether police had a warrant or other authority, and whether the front door was forced open, has not been established from official records. Police were reportedly present to serve a notice in a case involving allegedly objectionable content on X. A large early-morning operation for a notice is, at minimum, a curious interpretation of paperwork.
Later, the Telangana High Court directed police to follow Section 35(3) of the BNSS, continue the investigation and not arrest Krishank, according to reports. The state’s Government Pleader told the court Krishank had already been arrested. His lawyers disputed that, saying he had not been arrested as of 4.20pm. The court reportedly warned the government pleader that explaining the situation could become difficult if Krishank had been arrested and remanded.
The exact FIR, arrest memo and High Court order were not available in the material reviewed. The Congress government has yet to provide a clear public account that makes the timeline less imaginative.