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New Delhi, November 5
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took suo motu cognisance of media reports of online threats being made to Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's family, including his nine-month-old daughter and issued notice to Delhi Police to take action.
The NCW termed the threats as a matter of “serious concern,” which, it said, deserves “immediate attention.”
DCW Chief, Swati Maliwal shot the letter to the cybercrime branch of the Delhi Police.
In the letter Maliwal has mentioned, “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”.
In particular, the commission took note of a tweet posted by a user threatening to rape the couple's daughter. The post was made from the account @Criccrazygirl; the handle has since been deleted. However, some netizens have claimed that the tweet was made from a Pakistani account.
In its notice to the police, the DCW sought to be informed, by November 8, on the following counts: Copy of FIR registered in the matter, details of accused identified and arrested, details of steps taken to arrest the accused if no arrest made thus far, and detailed action taken report.
