Hyderabad, May 10 -- Calling the POCSO case registered against his son a "political hit job" aimed at maligning him ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting in Hyderabad, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Saturday, May 9, accused political opponents of targeting his family to damage his image.

"It is evident that this is a political hit job aimed at maligning me personally ahead of tomorrow's public meeting of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji," Kumar said in a statement posted on X late Saturday night.

The statement came a day after a case under the POCSO Act was registered against Kumar's son, Bhageerath, following allegations made by the family of a 17-year-old girl.

According to the girl's mother, Bhage...