NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police has allegedly issued a notice to X seeking identifying details of several social media accounts as part of an investigation arising from an FIR filed by FSSAI Director Sweety Behera, according to material visible in the documents and reports.
The notice, dated April 1, 2026, seeks information including mobile numbers used for account registration, IP logs, ports accessed and recovery email IDs linked to certain X accounts. The accounts named in the material include @khurpenchh, @gemsofbabus_, @YTKDIndia, @NalinisKitchen, and @IamTheStory_.
The police action appears to stem from an FIR filed on March 24, 2026. According to the material cited in the report, Behera alleged that posts published by those handles were made with “malicious intent to defame her and damage her reputation in society.” She further alleged that certain highly confidential details relating to her had been taken from places where they were supposed to remain confidential.
The case, according to the report, has been registered under sections 316(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 72A of the Information Technology Act. It is being investigated by the IP Estate police station in Central Delhi.
The Appointment Allegations at the Center of the FIR
The material indicates that the disputed posts related to allegations surrounding Behera’s appointment as FSSAI Director.
According to the report, the X accounts questioned whether she fulfilled the eligibility requirements for the appointment. One allegation cited in the report was that Behera had shown experience at Nestlé India from 2006 to 2020, while records indicated she joined the company in 2007. The accounts also alleged that she had not submitted proof of the five years of supervisory experience required under the eligibility criteria.
Additional claims, as described in the posts, included allegations regarding salary eligibility and relaxations said to have been granted during the recruitment process. The report says the accounts alleged that the eligibility criteria were relaxed to clear her path for appointment and that CTC-related relaxations were granted in violation of the Recruitment Rules 2018.
One of the posts reproduced in the material said that documents from the recruitment process showed “multiple discrepancies” related to experience, salary eligibility and relaxation granted during selection. The report further says the posts cited the claim that her appointment had been justified on the basis that no suitable candidates were available, even though three other candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste category appeared for the interview.
Confidential Records, Deleted Posts and a Public Defense
The police letter, according to the report, mentions URLs of several X posts raising suspicions about Behera’s appointment. The report says two posts by Nalini Unagar, whose account appears as @NalinisKitchen, had been deleted by the time the report was published, making it unclear what the exact content had been.
A post shown in the material from that account said, “Delhi Police have filed an FIR against me,” adding that the user had written about an FSSAI issue and had already taken down those posts and was removing others. The same post said, “In the future, you may see me silent. I cannot handle this level of stress.”
The report says it was not known how the internal documents referred to in the posts were accessed by the X users. It adds that the social media posts led to invocation of BNS and IT Act provisions relating to criminal breach of trust and disclosure of personal information.
At the same time, one of the named accounts, @YTKDIndia, is described in the report as claiming after the FIR was filed that its content was derived entirely from a “verified internal inquiry report of the FSSAI” on the director. The account, according to the material, said it had neither conducted the inquiry itself nor introduced additions, alterations or personal interpretations, and argued that its reporting was fair, accurate and not intended to malign any individual.
A Case That Raises Larger Questions
The matter has now expanded beyond the original allegations about one appointment. The police notice itself, especially the request for extensive account-linked data, has drawn public attention and criticism online.
A post shown in the screenshots said the Delhi Police had written to X Inc. seeking detailed information about multiple handlers, including registration-linked mobile numbers, IP logs, ports accessed and recovery email IDs. That post said several of the concerned handlers had come forward publicly, alleging that the move amounted to a “witch hunt,” and suggested the action had triggered broader concerns about freedom of expression and whether seeking such extensive personal data was justified.
The report also notes that the FIR registered on March 24 had not been uploaded at the time, leaving some details of the case unconfirmed through the formal document itself. But, going by the police letter and the cited posts, the case clearly relates to online allegations of irregularities in the appointment of FSSAI Director Sweety Behera and to the circulation of internal material connected to that appointment.
The resulting dispute now sits at the intersection of reputational injury, access to confidential records and the increasingly consequential role of social media accounts in scrutinizing public appointments. Whether the case remains a narrow criminal inquiry or grows into a wider debate over public-interest disclosure and digital speech may depend on what investigators establish next.
