# Hyderabad techie arrested for abusive comments on corporator 2026-08-23T18:41:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Hyderabad Cybercrime Police arrested a 30-year-old software employee for allegedly posting objectionable comments against Khairatabad Corporator P Vijaya Reddy. The accused created a fake social media handle to post abusive, defamatory, and sexually explicit comments on videos of an event Reddy attended in October 2024. The corporator had attended an inaugural function for a government school at Irrum Manzil, and videos of it were shared by local Instagram channels. The accused allegedly used a fake handle to target her under those videos. A case was registered under the IT Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including for insulting a woman's modesty and causing disappearance of evidence. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The case falls under Section 66D (cheating by personation) and Section 67 (publishing obscene material) of the IT Act, both cognisable and non-bailable offences that carry up to five and three years in prison respectively. The BNS sections add further penalties for insulting a woman's modesty and tampering with evidence. Hyderabad police have recently stepped up action against social media harassment following high-profile complaints from elected representatives. The accused will likely be produced before a local magistrate for remand, with bail hearings expected within days. ## Coverage - siasat.com Straightforward police blotter-style report without editorial framing or judgement This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Hyderabad, Hyderabad Cybercrime Police, IT Act, P Vijaya Reddy Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/hyderabad-techie-arrested-for-abusive-comments-on-corporator/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/hyderabad-techie-arrested-for-abusive-comments-on-corporator/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/