Hyderabad, Aug. 19 -- Nearly a week after the Supreme Court protected The Wire from any "coercive action" by Assam Police, the Guwahati Crime Branch on Monday, August 18, summoned founding editor Siddharth Varadarajanand senior journalist Karan Thapar in connection with a fresh sedition case.

While an earlier summons was issued to Varadarajan on August 12, Thapar received an identical summons for the same FIR on Monday.The Wire states that neither the date, time, nor details of the offence were mentioned in the FIR.

"It is revealed that there are reasonable grounds to question you to ascertain the facts and circumstances from you, in relation to the present investigation. Failure to attend/ comply with the terms of this Notice can rende...