24-year-old Hyderabad techie targeted with rape threats, obscene videos on social media; cyberstalking case registered

HYDERABAD: A 24-year-old information technology (IT) professional from Allapur was targeted by unidentified offenders on Instagram and X. On her complaint, the Cyberabad police have registered a case on the charges of cyberstalking.

The victim, who works for a Hafeezpet-based software company, began receiving threatening messages in April 2024. According to her, the harassment intensified by April-end, with the offenders sending abusive messages from various handles on Instagram and X. "They were issuing rape and acid attack threats, circulating morphed obscene videos, and disseminating defamatory rumours about her family," a Cyber Crime officer said.In her complaint, the woman alleged that the offenders collected her personal data from various job portals and social media platforms and wrote negative emails to her human resources department in an attempt to jeopardise her career. The victim claimed that due to one such email, she had to give clarification to the HR manager.Based on her complaint, the Raidurgam police had initially registered a case in May 2025, and recently the case was transferred to the Cyber Crime police by Cyberabad police commissioner Avinash Mohanty.

Cyber Crime police re-registered the case on Wednesday under Sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 66-C of the IT Act. "We are in the process of identifying the accused by collecting their details from social media platforms and email domains to trace their digital footprints," the police said.