Anurag Kashyap congratulates PM\, asks him what to do about trolls abusing his daughter

Anurag Kashyap congratulates PM, asks him what to do about trolls abusing his daughter

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

How does a father deal with an user celebrating the BJP's election win with a rape threat to his daughter, filmmaker has asked while congratulating him on his party's massive victory.

Tagging the prime minister's official handle, Kashyap wrote on Thursday, "Dear @narendramodi sir. Congratulations on your victory and thank you for the message of inclusiveness."

"Sir please also tell us how do we deal with these followers of yours who celebrate your victory by threatening my daughter with messages like this for me being your dissenter," Kashyap said, sharing a screenshot of the offensive post.

The issue snowballed with jumping into the conversation.

"This handle seems to be photoshopped because it doesn't exist. Seems to be created by an #UrbanNaxal to give an opportunity to somebody to abuse #Modi when the entire World is happy," Pandit tweeted.

Pandit also advised Kashyap to report the message to the police.

An angry Kashyap told Pandit that the profile existed on Instagram and not on

"Search for it on Instagram not on twitter you moron .. this is my daughter getting a threat...," Kashyap said.

Pandit then posted a screenshot of a "drunken text" that Kashyap sent him.

"Clearly you are under shock after today's election results. Drunk texting me abuses, tagging the wrong person on Twitter... please pass the joint quicker.

"Also tagging @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice so they can track chowkidar_ramsanghi_' and take action," Pandit wrote.

While Kashyap is the man behind acclaimed films such as "Dev D" and "Manmarziyaan", Pandit is of the and a He has co-produced the "The Accidental Prime Minister" based on the memoirs of former Manmohan Singh's

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First Published: Fri, May 24 2019. 18:50 IST