Siddarth Sethia
An FIR has been registered at Ashoknagar Police Station against a 47-year-old man from Hyderabad for allegedly putting up obscene stickers containing sexually explicit content and a QR code at public places in the Ashoknagar police station limits.
The accused has been identified as Shaik Yousuf,a resident of M.J.Colony, Moula Ali,Malkajgiri,Hyderabad, Telangana.
According to the police complaint,on August 20,2026, police personnel on patrol noticed several stickers containing a QR code and obscene messages pasted on street lights,CCTV poles and other locations around Garuda Mall.
The stickers allegedly contained sexually explicit language and a mobile phone number,along with a QR code, inviting members of the public to make contact.
Police said they subsequently collected information through a woman informant,who contacted the mobile number mentioned on the stickers.The person allegedly told her that he would come near Garuda Mall later that evening.
Based on the information,police personnel,including the complainant and a police constable,waited near Garuda Mall.
The suspect was allegedly found near the Tamil Wesley Church and was detained after police identified him as the person suspected of putting up the stickers.
He was brought to the police station at around 9 pm and produced before the Station House Officer.
The police have alleged that the accused’s actions involved publicly displaying sexually explicit material and could adversely affect public decency and social welfare.
An FIR was registered at Ashoknagar Police Station on August 22, 2026,invoking Sections 292 and 294 as mentioned in the complaint.
Police are investigating the circumstances behind the stickers, including the purpose of the QR code and the mobile number mentioned on them.
