The Cyberabad police registered criminal case, against RGV. Advocates Govardhan and Bhargav filed a petition before the court alleging that Varma had abused gods by posting his comments on Twitter.The L.B Nagar police too registered a case against RGV.
Varma, on the first day of Ganpati, put up a series of posts on Twitter about Lord Ganesh. He wrote that “Lord Ganesh could not save his own head from being severed, and therefore would not be likely to save others”.
The same director has created one of the most memorable scenes of the Ganpati immersion, in what would arguably his best film, Satya.
He asked how someone could cut off a child’s head just because he was protecting his mother’s modesty. As per court directions, police registered cases under sections 153-A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion.