Hyderabad cybercrime police filed a case against X user “DigtvTelugu” for posting a morphed, offensive image targeting Telangana CM Revanth Reddy. The complaint alleges the post aimed to defame and provoke public hatred.

Hyderabad: A social media user has been charged with a crime by the Hyderabad cybercrime police for allegedly posting derogatory and altered content directed against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

The problem arose after Kailash Sajjan, state secretary of the social media division of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), formally complained on April 29, 2025. The lawsuit alleges that an account on X (previously Twitter) with the handle “DigtvTelugu” shared an altered photo of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in a way that was deemed “objectionable.”

Other Congress leaders, like Telangana Food and Supplies Corporation chairman Fahim Qureshi, were also featured in the tweet, which had captions making fun of the politicians.

Sajjan claimed that the information was circulated with “malicious intent to defame the CM and the Congress party” and called it “fake, morphed, vulgar, abusive, and derogatory.”

Additionally, he asserted that the account holder is a “habitual troublemaker” who seeks to foment anti-government sentiment.

The cybercrime police filed a case based on the complaint under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 353(2) (statements conducive to public mischief), 336(4) (forgery to hurt reputation), and 352 deliberate insult intended to cause a disturbance of the peace.

Police said they would write to X to get information on the person who posted the material.