In a sudden development, V Ravi Prakash, former chief executive officer of popular television channel TV9, was arrested by the Banjara Hills police on Saturday morning.
According to reports, a team of 10 policemen went to the residence of Ravi Prakash in Banjara Hills and took him into custody, without disclosing any reason or serving any warrant.
It is not exactly known yet whether it was a formal arrest by the police or just picking up for interrogation. The exact case under which Ravi Prakash was arrested is also not clear.
However, sources said Ravi Prakash was booked by the police a couple of days ago in a case of obstructing them from discharging their duties. How and when he had obstructed the police is not known immediately.
He has already been facing criminal cases on charges of forgery and missing of certain documents from TV9, before he was sacked from the CEO and also director posts.
There are also reports that it was Ravi Prakash who was the man behind the latest allegations levelled by Telugu actor Sivaji against Megha Engineering managing director Krishna Reddy, who is one of the partners of the new management of TV9.
Watch out for more developments.