Bengali Actor Pratyusha Paul Receives Rape Threats Even After Blocking 30 Insta Accounts, Registers Police Complaint

Kolkata: Actor Pratyusha Paul, who’s in style within the Bengali tv business, has filed a police criticism towards on-line harassment. She has alleged that she has been receiving rape threats and some morphed photographs of her are being circulated on-line. Pratyusha’s mom registered a criticism with the police on Saturday alleging that she has been receiving threats from unknown folks on social media who’ve additionally threatened to hurt her relations and buddies.Also Read – Mumbai Doctor Removes Coconut-Sized Stone From Orphan Boy’s Bladder, Performs Surgery For Free The actor added that she first determined to disregard such messages and had additionally blocked just a few accounts however quickly, extra accounts had been created to harass her on-line. The police had earlier suggested the household to disregard these threats. However, as their trauma elevated, the police registered a criticism and commenced the probe. Speaking to India Today in regards to the case, Pratyusha mentioned, “The account used to send extremely lewd messages to me on Instagram. I was told that as a public person, such things happen and I should not pay attention to it.” Also Read – International Travel Update: Germany, Norway And Iceland Reopens Visa Application Centres in India She added that her mom determined to take motion as a result of she had blocked over 30 accounts and the harasser continued to make new accounts to ship rape threats and lewd messages to her. “I have blocked the accounts 30 times and this is the 31st time that the person has created a new account and threatened me again on Instagram. The person has abused me by sending rape threats. Hence, my mother visited Lalbazar for the second time today,” she mentioned. Also Read – TMC Minister Cycles 38 km to State Assembly as Petrol Price Crosses Rs 100 in Kolkata

A case has been registered by the cybercrime division of the Kolkata Police underneath sections 66C, 67, 67A of the Information Technology Act 2000, r/w – Sec 354A, 354D, 506, and 509 of the IPC.