Actress Richa Chadha has been receiving death threats and rape threats on the social media. The Bholi Punjaban had tweeted, “Yes, Hinduism is indeed in danger in India. Hinduism faces a threat from Hindutva supporters. Save your religion and get rid of these supporters of Hindutva. Issued in public interest.”
https://twitter.com/RichaChadha/status/992777380241567744
The tweet was posted when a riot took place at Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh. It was allegedly over a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Richa was trolled for her stand by many. However, one of the haters went ahead and threatened the actress with rape and murder.
The actress soon slammed the user and tweeted,
https://twitter.com/RichaChadha/status/994164277731708928
Bollywood celebrities like Farhan Akhtar, Swara Bhasker, Pooja Bhatt, Pulkit Samrat soon rallied behind Richa and slammed Twitter for allowing this to continuously happen to women.(Also Read: A glamorous role risky for me, says Richa Chadda)
You must report this. Twitter needs to take responsibility for this. They cannot provide a platform to people who openly threaten to rape and maim women.
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) May 9, 2018
Top management at Twitter must regroup and decide what they’d like their service to be remembered for.
If it’s for good, then they need to get smarter in its regulation. Rape and death threats cannot be allowed or go unpunished. @twitter @TwitterIndia— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) May 10, 2018
Scumbags! @TwitterIndia should do something about such openly threatening tweets!
Riches.. u define superwoman for me! 😘🤗 @RichaChadha https://t.co/J5Fy98AEvG— Pulkit Samrat (@PulkitSamrat) May 9, 2018
The kind of abuse and slander @RichaChadha is facing on #Twitter amounts to harassment quite clearly.. @TwitterIndia @Twitter u wanna take some action and block these accounts that clearly violate ur community standards! Shame on this filth and u stay strong Richa! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/DfTckAE4U2
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) May 9, 2018