Virat Kohli Daughter – Techie Arrested for Rape Threat: Mumbai Police has arrested a 23-year-old man from Hyderabad for issuing a rape threat to India’s test captain Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma’s minor daughter on Twitter.
Virat Kohli Daughter: Hyderabad Techie arrested for issuing a rape threat to Virat – Anushka’s daughter
The arrested person has been Identified as one Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathini. The accused was taken into custody by the cyber cell of Mumbai Police on Wednesday. According to preliminary information, the accused is a B-Tech graduate who worked in the software department of a food delivery platform.
Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathini is being brought to Mumbai where he will be produced before a court with the police seeking further custody.
The accused had issued a rape threat to the minor on Twitter after the Indian cricket team’s loss to Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Earlier this month, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had sent a notice to the Delhi Police seeking a response over rape threats made to Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s daughter on social media.
The Commission, in a letter to the Delhi Police, termed the incident as “shameful” and called for the immediate arrest of the accused.
“This is the time to stand behind our team, not against them. Even if India lost to Pakistan, the players and their families don’t deserve hatred,” DCW chief Swati Maliwal wrote to the Delhi Police. Her letter went on to add, “I expect immediate registration of an FIR and arrests in the matter. Such people should be taught a lesson.”
What exactly happened? Vicious comments started appearing on social media after India’s loss to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup in Dubai on October 24. Virat Kohli was also attacked after he spoke out against the incessant trolling of his teammate, Mohammed Shami, over his religion, after the loss.
Virat Kohli had put out a powerful message for Mohammad Shami, calling out “spineless” people on social media. “Attacking someone over their religion is the most pathetic thing one can do as a human. That is a very sacred and personal thing. People take out their frustration because they have no understanding of what we do,” he told reporters before a match.
Post that the accused had issued a rape threat to the minor on Twitter. As Kohli & Anushka are residents of Mumbai, the local police had been investigating several handles and finally nabbed the accused.
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