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Software engineer arrested for allegedly threatening to rape Virat Kohli’s daughter

The Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested a software engineer in Hyderabad for allegedly threatening to rape the nine-month-old daughter of the Indian men’s cricket team captain Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma,  after team India lost back-to-back matches in the recent T20 World Cup.

Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathini, 23, was arrested by a special team of the Mumbai Police this afternoon. He allegedly changed his Twitter handle and pretended to be a Pakistani user after cops started investigating screenshots of the threats. He has been taken to Mumbai.

Police sources say he is a software engineer and currently unemployed. He has reportedly worked for a food delivery app in the past.

There was national outrage over the sickening threats targeting the nine-month-old daughter of cricket captain Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma last week.

The Mumbai police had been investigating several handles as Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are residents of the city.

Software engineer arrested for allegedly threatening to rape Virat Kohli’s daughter

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had also called for an investigation. The panel had issued notice to the Delhi police, asking to see an FIR (first information report), details of those identified and arrested, and a detailed “action taken report”.

Twitter handle @criccrazygirl had on October 31 posted a tweet threatening to rape Kohli’s daughter. Several people claimed that the handle was a Pakistani bot account.

However, fact-checking website Alt News cited the account’s unique Twitter ID and its past activity to state that the account appeared to be from India.

The tweet had come after Kohli defended pacer Mohammed Shami, who was abused on social media following the team’s loss to Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Shami is the only Muslim player in India’s 15-member World Cup squad.

Kohli was also attacked online after his defence of his teammate.

Vicious comments started appearing on social media after India’s loss to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup in Dubai on October 24. Virat Kohli was also attacked after he spoke out against the incessant trolling of his teammate, Mohammed Shami, over his religion, after the loss.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was among those who came out in Virat Kohli’s support. “Dear Virat, These people are filled with hate because nobody gives them any love. Forgive them. Protect the team,” he tweeted.

Virat Kohli had put out a powerful message for Mohammad Shami, calling out “spineless” people on social media. “Attacking someone over their religion is the most pathetic thing one can do as a human. That is a very sacred and personal thing. People take out their frustration because they have no understanding of what we do,” he told reporters before a match.

“We’re playing on the field, we’re not a bunch of spineless people on social media. This has become a source of entertainment for some people which is very sad. All this drama created on the outside is based on people’s frustrations. We stand by him 200 per cent. Our brotherhood in the team cannot be shaken,” Kohli had said.

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