A first information report was lodged against Revathi under sections 505 (statements inciting public mischief) and 66D (punishment for fraud using computer resource) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at LB Nagar police station in Rachakonda police commissionerate. FIR) was registered. ) Information Technology Act 2008.
The FIR was registered on the complaint of M. Dilip, assistant engineer in the Saroornagar division of Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL).
The complainant said he received a message from higher authorities that a person with the username @rewatthitweets posted a message that there was power disruption in LB Nagar area for seven hours.
The complainant said that this is a false allegation, deliberately defaming the state government and their organization TGSPDCL.Reacting to the FIR, Revathi alleged that when the case was registered against her, the real culprits of Telangana Power & Company, who had harassed a woman consumer, were let loose.
He tagged Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and asked if this was their stand on media freedom.
“Is your government trying to silence journalists who expose the truth? If you believe in democracy, stand with us as we fight for justice and defend freedom of the press!” she said in her post on X.
The journalist had posted on Tuesday that the Rachakonda police handle sent him a message within minutes of his tweet that a woman was being harassed by a TGSPDCL employee for complaining about power cuts.
Revathi had posted that when the LB Nagar woman had tweeted about the power cut, a linesman came to her residence and demanded her to delete the tweet.He said that he did not post the video of the harassed woman to protect her privacy.
Senior journalists have condemned the FIR against Revathi and termed it an act of intimidation of the independent press.
The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) condemned the case against the journalist.
BRS leader Krishnak posted, "The real face of Congress."
BRS working president KT Rama Rao and BJP leader Amit Malviya also reacted to Revathi's post on Tuesday.Rama Rao called it a shocking situation in Telangana.
The BRS leader asked, "Is the police department running the energy department or is it just plain police raj where you will book cases against anyone who raises questions on social media?"
Amit Malviya posted, “Woman harassed for complaining about prolonged power cuts in Congress-ruled Telangana."
The FIR was registered on the complaint of M. Dilip, assistant engineer in the Saroornagar division of Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL).
The complainant said he received a message from higher authorities that a person with the username @rewatthitweets posted a message that there was power disruption in LB Nagar area for seven hours.
The complainant said that this is a false allegation, deliberately defaming the state government and their organization TGSPDCL.Reacting to the FIR, Revathi alleged that when the case was registered against her, the real culprits of Telangana Power & Company, who had harassed a woman consumer, were let loose.
He tagged Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and asked if this was their stand on media freedom.
“Is your government trying to silence journalists who expose the truth? If you believe in democracy, stand with us as we fight for justice and defend freedom of the press!” she said in her post on X.
The journalist had posted on Tuesday that the Rachakonda police handle sent him a message within minutes of his tweet that a woman was being harassed by a TGSPDCL employee for complaining about power cuts.
Revathi had posted that when the LB Nagar woman had tweeted about the power cut, a linesman came to her residence and demanded her to delete the tweet.He said that he did not post the video of the harassed woman to protect her privacy.
Senior journalists have condemned the FIR against Revathi and termed it an act of intimidation of the independent press.
The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) condemned the case against the journalist.
BRS leader Krishnak posted, "The real face of Congress."
BRS working president KT Rama Rao and BJP leader Amit Malviya also reacted to Revathi's post on Tuesday.Rama Rao called it a shocking situation in Telangana.
The BRS leader asked, "Is the police department running the energy department or is it just plain police raj where you will book cases against anyone who raises questions on social media?"
Amit Malviya posted, “Woman harassed for complaining about prolonged power cuts in Congress-ruled Telangana."
