Media portal owner arrested

IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/07/2012
Yashwant, owner of the portal Bhadas4Media was arrested on June 30  on complaints filed by India TV managing editor, Vinod Kapri and his wife Sakshi Joshi Kahpri. He has been charged under sections IPC 386 (to demand ransom), 341 (Wrongful restraint), 506 (threat to life),  and 292 (For writing obscene, lascivious material). They have a previous record of personal enmity. The portal has carried a detailed story in 2010 on Sakshi Joshi.  In the first case Yashwant’s  bail plea was rejected by  the Surajpur court and he is moving the session court.  In the second case his bail plea will be heard on July 4.