Ahmedabad: Acting on the directive of Union Ministry, Mumbai police arrested a man from Ahmedabad who allegedly threatened Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi on social media. The accused, identified as Girish Maheshwari, allegedly issued rape threats to Priyanka Chaturvedi’s minor daughter on Twitter.
When Priyanka approached police on Monday, a case was registered against an unidentified person who uses the Twitter handle @GirishK1605. “Goregaon police have registered an offence under section 509 (word, gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC as well as relevant sections of the Information Technology Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepak Deoraj had said earlier.
Responding on the matter, Chaturvedi earlier said, “Despite having a picture of Lord Ram as his profile picture, the accused did not hesitate from making such remarks…I hope Mumbai Police will take action. They have called me and have initiated action.”
Girish Maheshwar allegedly threatened to harm Chaturvedi’s 10-year-old daughter and the tweet was brought down following an outrage. A tweet posted by @GirishK1605 had said he would rape Ms Chaturvedi’s 10-year-old daughter. Later, Union Ministry ordered Mumbai police to take a stern action against the accused. The Delhi Police had also filed an FIR in the case after receiving a complaint from Chaturvedi. The accused has been sent to police custody.
Following the arrest, Priyanka took to social media and thanked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Delhi and Mumbai police. “I would like to thank @MumbaiPolice , @DelhiPolice , especially @IPSMadhurVerma and @CPDelhi . Also my gratitude to @HMOIndia & @rajnathsingh ji for taking this up,” she tweeted.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Deepak Deoraj told ANI “On immediate call we acted on the matter. A team was sent to probe the case and the accused was arrested in few hours. Today, he will be produced before Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court in connection with the case,” Congress spokesperson Chaturvedi had filed a criminal complaint on July 3 against the troller, who had threatened her on Twitter with the rape of her 10-year-old daughter.