India, Feb. 23 -- A social media post targeting Telugu-speaking Indians has triggered outrage online, after a Texas-based user alleged that members of the community "cheat" their way into the US and buy expensive homes.

It all started when an X user shared a screenshot from a Texas Facebook community. In the post, an Indian-origin resident sought recommendations for luxury "new construction" homes in the affluent Frisco or Prosper neighbourhoods, with a budget between $1 million and $2 million.

The screenshot was then reposted by X user "The Repatriator", who made a racist remark aimed at the Telugu-speaking community. "Be a Telugu, live in a shack with 20 relatives in telugulands - win an H-1B lottery, come to America on fake docs and ...