NEW DELHI, July 31 (Reuters) - Police in the southern Indian

city of Hyderabad have registered a case against the head of

Meta India over multiple videos posted on the company's Facebook

platform that depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an

"abusive manner," a senior police officer said on Friday.

Police are preparing to send a notice to Meta Platforms ( META )

regarding the case, which had not been issued as of

Friday, said V Aravind Babu, deputy commissioner of police for

cyber crimes in Hyderabad.

Meta did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for

comment on Friday.

The case adds to a string of tensions between Meta and

Modi's government over content tied to the prime minister.

India's IT ministry summoned Meta executives this week after

Facebook briefly restricted a Modi post last week, with a top

official saying the government wanted Meta to explain the matter

at the highest level.

A Meta spokesperson said at the time that the post, which

was Modi's first where he addressed massive student protests

that forced the resignation of the education minister, had been

blocked inadvertently.

Modi has also come in for a barrage of online criticism,

jokes and ridicule by protesters in recent weeks.

India is Facebook's biggest market by users.