Overview
- The Hyderabad Police arrested Thaturi Ravi, 31, after he posed as a constable, filmed himself inside the Telangana Secretariat, and claimed he handled Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s security.
- He entered the campus in a khaki uniform and posted short videos that promised direct access to the Chief Minister, which spread online and drew police attention.
- Saifabad Police registered a case under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, India’s new criminal code, for personation and cheating, and under Section 66D of the IT Act for online cheating by personation.
- Officers said they seized a uniform, caps, a belt, whistle cords, a nameplate, and the phone used for the videos, and they cited his stated fascination with police roles and social media attention as a motive.
- Investigators are reviewing how he cleared security layers and whether insider help or weak procedures enabled the breach, and they urged citizens to use official channels for appointments instead of trusting online claims.