Malkajgiri MLA's phone spoofed, BRS leaders receive threating calls

HYDERABAD: An FIR has been registered by the Telangana police against individuals who had spoofed the mobile phone number of the newly elected Malkajgiri BRS MLA Marri Rajashekar Reddy and threatened several BRS MLAs.

Concerned by these threats, Upender Reddy, BRS Neredmet Corporator K Meena's husband, filed a police complaint.

The accused also threatened Alwal corporator Shanti Srinivas Reddy, Gautham Nagar corporator's husband Ramu Yadav and a former Malkajgiri corporator Jagdish Goud.

On the other hand, MLA Marri Rajasekhar Reddy too alleged that his phone was hacked.

The police registered an FIR against unidentified individuals for impersonation and for making threatening calls.

Spoofing is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to a caller ID display to disguise their identity. Scammers often use neighbour spoofing so it appears as if the incoming call is coming from a local number, or spoof a number from a company or a Government agency that a victim might already know and would receive the call.