Police in the southern Indian ​city of Hyderabad have registered a case against ‌the head of Meta India over multiple videos posted on the company's Facebook platform that depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi ​in an "abusive manner," a senior police officer said on Friday.

Police ​are preparing to send a notice to ⁠Meta Platforms regarding the case, which had not been issued ​as of Friday, said V Aravind Babu, deputy commissioner ​of police for cyber crimes in Hyderabad.

Meta did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment on Friday.

The case adds ​to a string of tensions between Meta and ​Modi's government over content tied to the prime minister. India's IT ‌ministry summoned ⁠Meta executives this week after Facebook briefly restricted a Modi post last week, with a top official saying the government wanted Meta to explain the matter ​at the highest ​level.

A Meta ⁠spokesperson said at the time that the post, which was Modi's first where ​he addressed massive student protests that forced the resignation ​of ⁠the education minister, had been blocked inadvertently.

Modi has also come in for a barrage of online criticism, jokes ⁠and ​ridicule by protesters in recent ​weeks.

India is Facebook's biggest market by users.