Ram Gopal Varma booked for offensive posts against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

Police in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district have lodged a case against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma for alleged derogatory posts against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, his son and state minister Nara Lokesh and daughter-in-law Brahmini.

On a complaint by a local leader of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), a case has been registered against Varma at Maddipadu Police Station. TDP Mandal Parishad Secretary Ramalingam lodged a complaint against the controversial filmmaker, who had made the alleged derogatory comments last year against then Leader of Opposition Chandrababu Naidu and his family members. Police filed a case under IT Act and took up investigation.

RGV, as the director is popularly known, had made the comments on social media as part of the promotions for his movie Vyuham. Based on the events that led to tragic death of then Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash in 2009 and subsequent formation of YSR Congress Party by his son YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the movie was released late last year in the run-up to simultaneous polls to Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha.