The threat was given to the 9-month-old daughter of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma after Virat came in support of Mohammad Shami, he said that attacking someone over religion is ‘pathetic’.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took suo-motu cognisance on reports of social media trolls giving threats to rape 9-month-old daughter of Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday.
The rape threats are being given to the 9-month-old Vamika, after her father came out in support for team mate Mohammad Shami after he was blamed for India’s loss against Pakistan.
The women’s body described the matter as of “serious concern” and which deserves “immediate attention.”
“DCW has issued a notice to police over a threat made on Twitter to rape Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s daughter. Our chairperson Swati Maliwal has called this ‘shameful’ and called for immediate arrest of the accused.”
DCW Commission.
The DCW sought to be informed on the Copy of FIR registered in the matter, details of the accused identified and arrested, details of steps taken to arrest the accused if no arrest made thus far, and detailed action taken report.
“If no accused has been arrested, please provide the details of steps taken by Delhi Police to arrest the accused.”
Notice of DCW
The skipper of the Indian cricket team came out in support of Mohammad Shami after the latter was blamed for the loss of India. He termed the trollers as ‘bunch of spineless people’.
“There’s a good reason why we are playing on the field and not some bunch of spineless people on social media that have no courage to actually speak to any individual in person. Behind our entities, go after our people through social media and making fun of people. That has become a source of entertainment in today’s world which is so unfortunate and so sad because this is literally the lowest level of human potential that one can operate at. That’s how I look at these people.”
Virat Kohli, Captain (Indian Cricket Team).
The tweet was posted from an account @Criccrazygirl, the handle has been deleted. Some netizens also claimed that the tweet was made from a Pakistani account and not from an Indian account.