Hyderabad: Police on Thursday, April 23, arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Manne Krishank and eight others for allegedly posting objectionable content on social media platforms and produced them before a court, which remanded them to judicial custody.
The case was filed at the Kukatpally Police Station. Officials said they were acting on a complaint filed by Congress social media coordinator G Rajender Kumar.
The dispute centred on a post featuring a purported Telugu newspaper clipping with a headline alleging that Krishank and his wife were involved in a job scam. Krishank denied the claims, calling them false, and said no such news article had been published in the newspaper.
Krishank subsequently filed a counter-complaint, alleging that Rajender had made derogatory and offensive remarks targeting his family, prompting him to seek legal action.
In a complaint, Congress party social media coordinator Kumar alleged that a BRS leader, along with 10 to 15 of his supporters, “illegally” trespassed into his house on Thursday, April 23, assaulted him, and threatened him over a social media post against Krishank, a senior police official said.
He further stated in his complaint that they also snatched and damaged his mobile phone.
Based on the complaint filed by Kumar, a case was registered at the Kukatpally Police Station.
Police confirmed that both cases are being investigated simultaneously. Officials said the nature of the posts, the intent behind them and the allegations raised by both parties are under scrutiny.
(With PTI inputs)
