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Hyderabad techie arrested for abusive comments on corporator
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…
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.
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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.
Source: siasat.com
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