After cyber frauds, posts against CM Revanth highest on TGCSB watchlist

Hyderabad: Derogatory posts against chief minister A Revanth Reddy appear to be the second most important category of cases investigated by the state cyber crime bureau. While 50% of the 107 cases registered by the Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) this year are related to stock market investment scams, the next largest chunk of cases (15%) are about various people posting objectionable content against the CM and the Telangana govt.
The number of FIRs related to international human trafficking, digital arrest and part-time fraud cases is less than the number of FIRs related to objectionable posts against the CM.
So far in 2025, the seven police stations of the TG Cyber Security Bureau have registered 107 FIRs. Of these, 46% (50 FIRs) were related to stock market investment scams, where victims were duped by fraudsters offering handsome returns on investment.
The next category with the highest number of cases (17) is offensive posts against the chief minister. Taken together, all the seven police stations have registered at least one case each related to posting offensive content online against the CM, with Khammam PS registering four cases, followed by three each from Warangal, Siddipet and Ramagundam police stations, two cases from Karimnagar PS and one each from Nizamabad PS and Headquarters PS in Hyderabad.
Out of the 17 cases, 10 are suo motu cases registered on the complaints of constables monitoring social media. Four cases were registered based on the complaints of Congress party's local leaders or TPCC representatives, and three cases were registered on the complaints of beneficiaries of govt schemes or well-wishers of the govt. All these cases were registered since the third week of March.
Police are yet to identify and arrest the offenders in these cases. Investigators involved with the probes of these cases said they wrote to different social media platforms seeking details of the offenders who posted objectionable content. "We have also approached the court requesting orders for the social media platforms to provide information about the offenders involved," said an investigator.
Among the other cases being probed by the bureau, 10 FIRs were registered against the offenders based on the complaints of the victims who were trafficked to work in cybercrime hubs in Myanmar and Laos after being lured out of India with fake job offers in other countries like Thailand.
Nine FIRs are related to digital arrests in which fraudsters posing as members of law enforcement agencies threatened to arrest and prosecute the victims under fake charges to make them transfer money to the fraudsters' bank accounts on the pretext of verification.
Six FIRs are against offenders posting objectionable and obscene content online, two FIRs are about part-time job frauds, and the remaining cases are about individual cheating cases.