Oommen Chandy's daughter Achu files complaint against cyber attacks on her

Achu Oommen, daughter of late Kerala CM Oommen Chandy, lodged complaint against Thiruvananthapuram person for posting defamatory remarks. She condemned cyber attacks against her in light of Puthuppally bypoll. Vested interests misused her job-related photos to malign her father's reputation. CPI(M) candidate condemned personal insults & humiliation against anyone. Bypoll necessitated due to Chandy's demise.

Former Kerala Chief Minister late Oommen Chandy's younger daughter Achu Oommen lodged a complaint with the cyber police in connection with the alleged cyber attacks against her.

She lodged the complaint against a Thiruvananthapuram person on Monday, saying he had posted defamatory remarks against her on his Facebook account.

"The accused has purposefully lied to the public with the culpable and malicious intention to defame the complainant and thereby to spread an untrue, false and scandalous imputation against the complainant that she and her late father are corrupt," the complaint read.

She said she had been working as a content creator in the fashion and travel sector for some years and her photographs taken as part of her job were misused on cyber platforms by vested interest with a deliberate intention to malign her father's reputation.

As the campaign has intensified in Puthuppally where a bypoll is scheduled on September 5, the personal life of candidates, their close relatives and assets were made topic of discussion by some online media groups.

Ms. Achu's brother Chandy Oommen is the Congress-UDF candidate in Puthuppally.

CPI(M) candidate Jaik C. Thomas had criticised the "cyber attacks" against Ms. Achu and said personal insults and humiliation against anyone could not be accepted.