Wednesday, July 8, 2026

India - YouTuber held in UAPA case, sent to prison in Andhra Pradesh

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Controversial YouTuber Bachalakuri Joseph alias Raavan was arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for allegedly promoting Maoist ideology and encouraging armed rebellion, a senior officer in Andhra Pradesh police said

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According to police, Gannavaram police in Krishna district on Saturday registered a criminal case against Raavan, who runs a YouTube channel “Prashna” and arrested him on Sunday.

“He was produced before the additional junior civil judge court in Gannavaram on Sunday evening. The court remanded him to judicial custody until July 18,” a senior police official privy to the information said, adding that he was sent to Nellore central prison on Monday morning.

The police officer said the case under several sections of BNS and UAPA was registered following a complaint by JanaSena Party leader Garikapati Siva Sankar.

In his complaint, he alleged that Joseph had uploaded a video on the YouTube channel “Prashna” on November 25, 2025, praising the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), propagating its ideology 

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