Mumbai police’s cyber cell has arrested a 23-year-old man from Hyderabad for allegedly giving online rape threats to the daughter of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli following the team’s loss to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, reported The News Minute (TNM).
The man has been identified as Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathini, an IIT graduate. He is presently unemployed. The accused is being brought to Mumbai, The Commission has taken sou-moto cognisance of media reports on rape threats to Kohli’s daughter. The DCW directed the Cyber Crime to register an FIR, track down and arrest the alleged perpetrator, their press release stated. The barbaric tweet, by now-deleted account called for the toddler’s photo to be revealed while issuing a rape threat. As of 1 November, the handle stands deleted from Twitter. The tweet comes at a time when captain Kohli is facing vitriolic trolling for speaking in support of his Muslim teammate Mohammed Shami, who was attacked online after the cricket team faced a 10-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup.
