India, March 16 -- Himayani Puri, daughter of Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court seeking the removal of online content that allegedly links her to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In her plea, Puri has sought Rs.10 crore in damages and a permanent injunction against several social media platforms over what she described as false and defamatory allegations circulating online.

According to the suit, multiple posts on social media have claimed that she had financial or network associations with Epstein or his criminal activities. Puri told the court that such claims are completely baseless and damaging to her reputation.

The petition states that the allegedly defamatory ...