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EXPLOITING TRAGEDY: A file photo of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's funeral. TV channel claims conspiracy in his death.

EXPLOITING TRAGEDY: A file photo of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy

Channel cooks up story on YSR death, booked

Police in Andhra Pradesh have registered cases against owners of a Telugu TV channel for airing a "baseless and malicious" report about an alleged conspiracy behind the death of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash last year. The report led to a series of attacks on Reliance stores throughout the state, since it had alleged a role by the company in the helicopter crash that killed YSR.

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