Cherlapalli prisons dept files complaint against Telugu news channel for false report

The Telangana Prisons Department today lodged a complaint against a local Telugu news channel accusing it of airing a false report about discovery of drugs inside a prison.

Cherlapalli Central Prison's superintendent K V Reddy, in a complaint to Kushaiguda police station, said the channel telecast a scroll line alleging that 1.5 kg of ganja (marijuana) was seized from inmates of the prison. "This is a false report....This has defamed the institution and the Department as well. This warrants criminal action against the news channel," Reddy said in an official release.

He said he had requested the police to register a case against the news channel and take action.