The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday ordered the arrest of six senior journalists, including two top editors of the 125-year-old
The Hindu daily on charges of breach of privilege and gross contempt of the House and awarded them 15 days simple imprisonment.
Speaker K Kalimuthu issued arrest warrants against editor N Ravi, executive editor Malini Parthasarthy, publisher S Rangarajan, chief of bureau V Jayant and special correspondent Radha Venkatesan.
The order was issued in connection with an editorial based
on an article written by Jayant and Venkatesan.