Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cyber crime police booked a case against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma for apparently editing former President Pranab Mukherjee out of a picture and morphing himself in to show that he was receiving the censor certificate from evangelist K.A. Paul for his political satire film.
On Sunday morning, Mr Varma tweeted a photo featuring him receiving the censor certificate from Mr Paul. Following this,the cyber crime police received a complaint against Varma.
The complainant, Jyoti Begal, personal secretary to Mr Paul stated that Mr Varma has apparently morphed the photo of Mr Mukherjee to show that he received the censor certificate of ‘Amma Rajyam Lo Kadapa Biddalu (ARLKB)’ from the evangelist. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Mr N. Mohan Rao, who heads the social media hacking unit in Hyderabad cyber crime department, said, “We have booked a case under IPC Section 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 509 (intending to insult the modesty of any woman), and relevant sections of the IT Act and a probe is underway”.
