Petition to RDO,protesting trend of threatening journalists

RSD- Sircilla news: Sircilla journalists strongly condemned the raids conducted by the Andhra Pradesh police on 08.05.2025 at the residence of Dhanunjaya Reddy, editor of the leading daily ‘Sakshi’, in Vijayawada. They submitted a petition to the Sircilla Revenue Divisional Officer protesting the AP police’s behavior by threatening journalists. Speaking on the occasion, the journalists expressed their concern that the police action on Dhanunjaya Reddy’s house was a violation of press freedom. It is reported that these searches were carried out without any notice, which the journalists described as an act of trampling on the constitutional freedom of the press. Journalists, through the RDO, requested the government to prevent such incidents from recurring in the future and demanded that press freedom be protected. They appealed to the government through the RDO to ensure that such incidents do not repeat in the future. Several journalists from Sircilla district participated in this program.