Hyderabad, Aug. 29 -- Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South West on Friday, August 29 ordered the removal of a Ganesh Idol modelled after Telangana chief minister A Revath Reddy.

DCP Chandramohan visited the Ganesh pandal at Bohiguda, Habeebnagar and asked Fisheries Federation Chairman Mettu Si Kumar to remove the idol modelled after Revanth Reddy and replace it with another. The DCP cited outrage by devotees as a reason for the order.

Following the orders, the idol was replaced. Earlier on Thursday, Goshamahal MLA T Raja Sigh raised objection over the idol as well.

In a letter toHyderabad Commissioner of PoliceCV Anand, theMLAsaid that "Today I came across a Ganesh Maharaj pandal in Habeebnagar police limits where the Ganesh idol ...