Greater Chennai Corporation mayor R Priya has lodged a complaint with the Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime police against a social media user for allegedly using an AI-generated image of her in an obscene manner and posting derogatory, sexually coloured remarks about her.
She also questioned why no appropriate action had been taken against the perpetrators despite her previous complaints to the police.
The Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime Wing superintendent of police and the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, Priya said she was a law-abiding citizen and a public servant currently serving as mayor of the Greater Chennai Corporation, according to the complaint filed with Commissioner of Police A Amalraj. Noting that she hails from a Dalit community, Priya said she had been targeted by a social media user with the handle @YarlMyn, who goes by the name Yaazh Mynthan on the social media platform X and had allegedly made ‘grossly offensive, obscene and derogatory’ posts against her.
The post had allegedly caused severe mental anguish and deeply hurt her family members, who were compelled to witness this vulgar depiction. It was also an insult to the office of the mayor and to the people of Chennai, she claimed.
