World · South & Central Asia · 6 hrs ago
Chennai Mayor files fresh police complaint over alleged sexualised online posts
Chennai Mayor R. Priya filed a fresh police complaint over social media posts she says depicted her in an obscene and degrading way.
She said earlier complaints had not led to action and submitted the new complaint to the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner.
Priya said the posts were not ordinary criticism of her decisions or administration, which she said the public has a right to make.
She described the posts as sexual humiliation aimed at degrading her as a woman and reducing her public office to vulgar ridicule.
Priya also said she is a Dalit woman and argued that attacks on her should not be viewed in isolation.
She said the posts may breach several laws, including laws on online offences, caste-based atrocities and harassment of women.
She has asked what action will be taken, while alleging that Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister has remained silent.
Chennai Mayor R. Priya filed a fresh complaint with the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner over social media posts that allegedly depicted her in an inappropriate and obscene manner.
She said police had not acted on her earlier complaints.
Priya described the posts as sexual humiliation aimed at degrading her as a woman and reducing a public office holder to an object of vulgar ridicule.
She said the posts could be offences under several laws, including the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Priya also said social media portrayed her in a bad light when she criticised the TVK government’s administrative inefficiency.
- Who
- Chennai Mayor R. Priya filed the complaint.
- What
- She complained about social media posts that allegedly depicted her in an inappropriate and obscene manner.
- When
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
- Where
- With the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner in Chennai.
- Why
- Priya alleged the posts were acts of sexual humiliation and said police had not acted on her earlier complaints.
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Priya had previously complained about the social media posts and said police had not acted.
Priya filed a fresh complaint with the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner.
- Complainant
- R. Priya, Chennai Mayor
- Complaint recipient
- Greater Chennai Police Commissioner
- Complaint date
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- Posts described as
- Inappropriate and obscene
- Laws cited
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Information Technology Act, 2000; and other laws
What people are saying
I am a Dalit woman. An obscene and degrading attack on a Dalit woman who holds the highest civic office in the capital of Tamil Nadu cannot be viewed in isolation.
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