Hyderabad cybercrime police book Meta India head over posts targeting PM Modi

The cases were registered following complaints filed by S. Aravind Reddy, a businessman, and T. Saikiran Goud, a Telangana BJP activist

FILE PHOTO: People are seen behind a logo of Meta Platforms, during a conference in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo 31 Jul 2026 03:30PM NEW DELHI, July 31 : Indian police have registered a case against the head of Meta India in Hyderabad city for user posts on its Facebook plat

1 min readUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 09:21 AM IST Cockroach Janta party (CJP) supporters holding a banner and placards take part in a march celebrating the victory of student protest across the nation over the NEET paper leak issue, in Hyderabad. (PTI Photo)Hyderabad’s cybercrime police have registered two cases against ope

Cybercrime police registered cases against social media account operators and Meta India's head. These cases involve morphed and objectionable content targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP supporters filed complaints alleging manipulated videos and images were circulated online. Police are tracing the operator

While Meta quickly restored the post and apologised, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) made it clear that it does not consider the company's explanation sufficient.

For more than a decade, India’s leader Narendra Modi has seemed politically unassailable, presiding over a government that has outmaneuvered opponents, dominated public discourse and squeezed the space for dissent in the world’s biggest democracy. But last weekend, an online-fueled and youth-led protest movement just a