Delhi police have lodged an FIR against Twitter user and YouTube influencer Elvish Yadav on the complaint of activist-actress Swara Bhasker. She had filed a complaint against the social media influencer on Sunday alleging that he had outraged her modesty.
She claimed some hashtags have also been circulated with regard to some movie scene. A criminal case has been registered on the basis of this complaint at Vasant Kunj North police station, in Delhi, and investigation is being taken up. Sections imposed in the case are 354D, 509 IPC and 67 IT act.
The matter started on October 1 when Elvish had posted a tweet responding to the actress where he had said, “Excessive m@sturb@tion makes you blind was a myth but swara didi isko sahi prove karri hai. GST word use kiya mene swara?”
He was responding to a tweet by Swara calling him a liar, as he had said that only Hindu temples have to pay taxes in India, whereas the finance ministry had clarified that there is no GST on temple trusts. However, Yadav had retorted by saying he had not used the ‘GST’, and had referred to a scene from the movie Veere Di Wedding staring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Swara Bhaskar.
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Earlier, in the day, Bhaskar while speaking to a TV channel, said that this culture of trolling has become a reality these days.
Responding to a question as to why only she is being targeted by a certain section of trolls, Bhaskar said that the prime reason being is she engages with most of the people on social media. “I don’t keep quiet, I respond,” she stated.
Swara Bhasker has acted in Bollywood films such as Nil Battey Sannata and Veere Di Wedding. She is also known for being outspoken on a number of social and political issues.
(With inputs from ANI)
