After taking suo moto congnizance of media reports of threat given to the family of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday sent a notice to the Delhi Police and asked them to submit the copy of First Information Report (FIR) registered in the matter and sought details of accused identified and arrested in the matter.
The Delhi Women's panel sent a notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police Cyber Cell.
“It has been reported that online threats are being given to rape the nine-month-old girl child of Virat Kohli since the team's defeat in a India-Pakistan cricket match in the ongoing T20 World Cup,” the notice stated.
“It is learnt that he is being also attacked since he spoke against the incessant trolling of his teammate Md. Shami who was targeted for his religion by online trolls,” said Swati Maliwal, the chairperson of DCW.
"This is very serious matter and attracts immediate action," she said.
