Hyderabad, March 5 -- The Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) here has written to the state Cyber Crimes department to take action against the news portal Telugu Scribe for publishing an article alleging that TGPSC Group 1 posts were being sold for crores of rupees.

The TGPSC filed a police complaint and also decided to file a criminal defamationfor the news article, which it said is, "spreading such misleading information and trying to tarnish the image" of the constitutional body. It stated that the news report had created "unrest among the Group 1 aspirants."

In her complaint, TGPSC, secretary, R Sumathi, asked the deputy commissioner of police, cybercrimes department to take suitable action against the printer, publisher, ed...