HYDERABAD: The State unit of Congress has lodged multiple complaints across the State against an individual who circulated fake news on social media, claiming that TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy has registered a political party.
In a statement issued here on Monday, TPCC working president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said that an individual who goes by the name “Journalist Shankar” on Twitter has “intentionally circulated false news on social media with a criminal intent to promote enmity, and hatred against Revanth Reddy”.
He said that within a couple of hours after posting the tweet in question, it garnered about 9,000 views. Based on their complaints, the police have registered cases.