Ram Gopal Varma has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of Maddipadu police station in Prakasam district on Tuesday for questioning.

Amaravati: Controversial director Ram Gopal Varma failed to appear before the police in the case registered against him for alleged derogatory social media posts against the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Deputy CM.

Ram Gopal Varma has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of Maddipadu police station in Prakasam district Tuesday for questioning.

The filmmaker asked for four days to appear before the investigating office. THE High Court of Andhra Pradesh Monday denied to grant him interim measures.

The court made it clear that it could not pass an order similar to grant of bail in a quashing petition. RGV, as the filmmaker is commonly known, had requested interim orders exempting him from appearing before the investigator.

When RGV’s lawyer told the court that the petitioner was at risk of arrest, the judge said that the petitioner should file an application for bail. Regarding the petitioner’s request for additional time to appear before the police for questioning, the High Court asked him to make an application to the police.

On November 13, the police had notified the filmmaker, ordering him to appear before the investigating officer of the Maddipadu police station. On November 11, police filed a case against the filmmaker following a complaint from a local resident. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief, Ramalingam.

The complainant alleges that RGV made derogatory remarks against the TDP national president. Chandrababu Naiduhis son Nara Lokeshother family members and an actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan during the promotional activity of his film ‘Vyuham’ late last year.

The filmmaker had posted objectionable comments on social media platforms. A case under sections 336 (4) and 353 (2) of the BNS Act as well as section 67 of the IT Act was registered against RGV at Maddipadu police station.

The controversial filmmaker allegedly posted morphed pictures on ‘X’, targeting Naidu, Pawan Kalyan and Lokesh at the time of ‘Vyuham’ release.

Based on the events surrounding the tragic death of the then Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash in 2009 and the subsequent formation of the YSR Congress Party by his son. YS Jagan Mohan Reddythe film was released late last year in the run-up to the simultaneous elections to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lokesh Sabha.