The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has registered a case on the arrest of NTV journalist Donthu Ramesh by Hyderabad police. The incident occurred on January 14 at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport near Hyderabad. A complaint was filed by human rights lawyer Rama Rao Immaneni. The complaint said the police acted without proper notice and broke legal rules. Donthu Ramesh is an input editor with Telugu news channel NTV. According to the complaint, police officers in plain clothes, including Assistant Commissioner of Police Guru Raghavendra and Assistant Sub-Inspector Md. Aleem, detained him without following the mandatory safeguards under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. This law requires prior notice before arrest. The arrest came after a complaint by senior IAS officer Jayesh Ranjan. The complaint was based on a news report that made allegations against an unnamed woman IAS officer. The complainant argued Jayesh Ranjan was not personally hurt by the news and no woman officer was named. NHRC has classified the matter under "atrocities on media persons," with the police as the concerned authority. The complainant has asked NHRC to conduct an independent inquiry into the role of the police officers involved. They also demand compensation for Donthu Ramesh and action against the officer who led the investigation. The plea seeks steps to stop such violations in the future. NHRC gave the case diary number 1079/IN/2026 when it accepted the complaint on January 15.