Police in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have named Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari in complaints after the politically sensitive regions were depicted outside a map of India on its careers website.

Late on Tuesday, police in the capital New Delhi said in a statement they have registered a case against Twitter for "availability of child sexual abuse and child pornographic material" on its platform.

Twitter did not comment on cases related to India's map. On the New Delhi case, Twitter said it has a zero tolerance policy for child sexual exploitation.