A criminal case was registered against Zee 24 Gantalu, a Telugu TV news channel, on Friday following charges that it morphed the visuals which were aired with a news report on a meeting between DGP V Dinesh Reddy with godman Habib Mustafa Idrus Baba.
A case under Section 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation) of the Indian Penal Code and under the sections of Information Technology Act was filed.
Earlier, tension prevailed at the office of the vernacular news channel when followers of the godman tried to storm the premises for telecasting a news story highlighting the DGP"™s meeting with the former on Thursday. Holding placards, irate protestors squatted in front of the channel office and raised slogans denouncing the "˜partisan"™ attitude of the management. They tried to enter the"¦
Followers of Habib Mustafa Idrus Baba denounce "˜biased"™ coverage of DGP"™s meeting with him