Meta India Head Booked By Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police Over Social Media Posts Allegedly Targeting PM Modi
Hyderabad Cybercrime police registered cases against several operators of Facebook and Instagram accounts over CJP protest
Published : July 31, 2026 at 10:42 AM IST
|Updated : July 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM IST
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police has registered an FIR against Meta India Head Arun Srinivas in the wake of objectionable content against Prime Minister Modi going viral on Facebook and Instagram.
Based on a complaint filed by BJP workers, a case has been registered against the Meta India Head as well as the administrators of several social media accounts.
Earlier, Cockroach Janta Party had staged protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the NEET paper leak. At that time, several fake news related to Prime Minister Modi were allegedly circulated on social media.
In this context, two persons from Hyderabad have complained to the Cyber Crime Police that AI-generated videos and objectionable content against the Prime Minister are being circulated on media like Meta's Facebook and Instagram.
According to an FIR, one complaint was received on July 29 from T Saikiran Goud, 32, Social Media CC Member, BJP Telangana, and resident of Dr SP Mookerjee Bhavan, opposite Exhibition Ground, Nampally, Hyderabad.
In the complaint, Goud stated that while surfing social media, he came across reels and posts that were allegedly derogatory towards the Prime Minister of India and appeared to promote narratives prejudicial to national integrity.
He alleged that the content may incite hatred, spread misinformation, promote enmity, and threaten national security.
Goud requested the police to preserve electronic evidence, identify the individuals operating the accounts, conduct a thorough investigation, and coordinate with Meta Platforms to obtain account details.
He also urged stringent action against Meta for allegedly allowing such morphed reels on its platform.
The police registered a case at Cyber Crime Police Station, Hyderabad under Sections 66(C), 67 of the IT Act and Sections 353(2), 336(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Recently, Meta briefly removed a selfie video posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in response to the student protests. Responding to this, the social media company apologised.
It explained that this happened due to a technical problem. However, the Centre, not satisfied with Meta's explanation, issued a summons to the company.
Meta representatives are also likely to meet with officials of the Central IT Department this weekend.
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