Rape threat to Virat Kohli's 9-month-old daughter: Delhi women's panel steps in

New Delhi, Nov 02: The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the Delhi Police over the online threats to the daughter of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli following a 10-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the ongoing Men's T20 World Cup.

DCW has asked the Deputy Commissioner of Police to provide them with a copy of FIR, details of accused identified & arrested, detailed action taken report by November 8.

"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 DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal.

"This is very serious matter and attracts immediate action," she said.

In view of this, the women's commission has asked the Delhi Police to submit the copy of FIR registered in the matter and sought details of accused identified and arrested in the matter.

The commission has also asked information about the details of steps taken by the Delhi Police to arrest the accused. The DCW chief has also sought a detailed action taken report in the matter.

"Considering the gravity of the matter, please provide the sought information to the Commission latest by November 6," Maliwal added.

In what semms to be a an online abuse, a twitter user stooped to a new low and targeted Kohli's nine-month-old daughter, and issued rape threats. The post, now deleted, was made from the account @Criccrazygirl.

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 India's loss to Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

Kohli slammed the "bunch of spineless people", reacting strongly to the torrent of social media abuse that was aimed at his pacer Mohammed Shami over his religion.

"To me, attacking someone over their religion is the most pathetic thing that a human being can do. Everyone has the right to voice their opinion and what they feel about a certain situation. But personally I have never, ever, even thought of discriminating someone over their religion. That is a very personal and sacred thing to every human being and that should be left there. People take out their frustrations because they have no understanding of what we do as individuals and how much effort we put on the field," Kohli said.