Ahmedabad: A teenage boy was nabbed on Sunday from Mundra in Gujarat for allegedly issuing threats against cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s minor daughter.
Kutch (West) Superintendent of police Saurabh Singh said, “The class 12 student was detained for questioning in connection with a disgusting threat message that was posted on the Instagram account of Dhoni’s wife Sakshi Dhoni a few days back.”
Police added that the teenager accepted that he had posted the threat message on the Instagram account after the IPL 2020 match between KKR and CSK.
Dhoni’s five-year old daughter received rape threats from social media trolls following Chennai Super Kings’ loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday night.
Dhoni’s wife, Sakshi, got the threats on her Instagram account. The threats created an outrage on social media.
Actress-politician Nagma tweeted, “Where are we headed as a Nation? It’s disgusting Dhoni’s 5-Year-Old Daughter Ziva is Getting Rape Threats after CSK Lost IPL Match to KKR. Mr #PM what is this happening In our country??”
Karnataka Sowmya Reddy posted “This is just nasty! What’s happening to our country? Where are we heading?”
Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted, “This has to be the most disgusting example of how social media platforms are being misused.”