Prashant Kanojia: India court raps state for jailing reporter for tweet (BBC)

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of a journalist who was arrested and jailed for tweeting about Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.

Prashant Kanojia had shared a video of a woman who alleged that she had a relationship with Mr Adityanath.

In the clip, she asks whether he would like to “spend the rest of his life with her”.

Police picked him up from his house for “defaming” the chief minister. Read more