Jagan’s sister files plaint on ‘objectionable’ posts

Hyderabad: Y.S. Sharmila, sister of YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Monday filed a police complaint over certain online and social media posts linking her with a popular Tollywood actor, even as she accused the TDP of being behind spreading such rumours.      

Condemning Sharmila’s allegations, Andhra Pradesh women development minister Paritala Sunitha said the TDP has nothing to do with the posts.

The TDP will condemn such derogatory posts not only against Sharmila but any woman, Sunitha said in a statement.

In the complaint lodged with Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar, Sharmila sought action against those responsible for posting objectionable material against her in social media and for spreading rumours.

The YSR congress leader alleged that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was behind spreading such rumours.

A case under the IT Act and IPC section 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) has been registered against unknown persons, police said.

“We have registered an FIR and taken up investigation,” additional deputy commissioner of police (Cyber Crimes) KCS Raghu Vir said.

Speaking to reporters, Sharmila rubbished the “false propaganda” unleashed by vested interests by linking her name to that of an actor.  The conspiracy was hatched to defame her ahead of the general elections to get political mileage, she alleged.