: Man booked for issuing rape threat to actor Vijay Sethupathi’s daughter in Chennai #IndiaNEWS The Cyber Crime Wing of the Chennai Police on Tuesday booked a Twitter user for issuing rape threat to

Man booked for issuing rape threat to actor Vijay Sethupathi’s daughter in Chennai #IndiaNEWS
The Cyber Crime Wing of the Chennai Police on Tuesday booked a Twitter user for issuing rape threat to actor Vijay Sethupathi’s daughter, reported The Hindu. The threat came in the backdrop of the controversy over Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan’s biopic, which Sethupathi has opted out of.The man identified as Rithik Raj, using the Twitter handle @itsrithikrajh , issued the threat on Monday with a picture of the actor and his daughter. Several online complaints were made to the cyber wing on the matter, according to The Hindu. After this, Chennai Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar tweeted about the case being registered.There has been lot of concern in social media regarding comments made in social media against a celebrity. On receipt of complaint to this effect a case in Cyber Cell has been registered.— Mahesh Aggarwal, IPS (@copmahesh1994) October 20, 2020 The man has been booked under Sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, enmity), 294(b) (using obscene language) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67(b) of Information Technology Act (punishment for publishing of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, in electronic form)Leaders condemn rape threatLeaders of various political parties condemned the rape threat and called for police action. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kanimozhi said the act was “extremely dangerous to...Read more

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