Continuing their crackdown on YSRCP social media activists, the Andhra Pradesh police arrested Venna Rajasekhar Reddy at his Hyderabad residence early on Wednesday, 10 September. The arrest of Rajasekhar Reddy, the joint secretary of YSRCP’s state social media wing, around 5 am, sparked allegations of political vendetta and raised fresh concerns about free speech in the state.