Police looking filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma over posts against CM Naidu, allies

A police team visited Varma’s Hyderabad residence while he was in Coimbatore for a shoot. His lawyer said Varma was ready to appear before the police virtually for questioning. “In this digital era, there is no need for physical appearance. Police can question him in virtual mode,” he said.

A police officer said they would send a team to Coimbatore if necessary to determine whether he was there.

A case was registered against Varma under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including 336 (4) related to a false document or electronic records and Information Technology Act on November 11 on a TDP leader’s complaint for allegedly posting defamatory comments and morphed images of Naidu, and his son Nara Lokesh on social media during the promotion of his film Vyuham based on YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s life.