A law student in Udaipur, Rajasthan, has been held for allegedly sending sending death and rape threats to journalist Rohini Singh.
Kapil Viayan, 26, who was arrested on January 30, is associated with the Sangh Parivar’s student wing ABVP, according to the Wire, where Rohini frequently contributes.
Kapil had threatened Rohini after she replied to a tweet of his on the tractor parade held by protesting farmers on Republic Day. Rohini made public the threats, tagging the Udaipur police and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and demanding action.
Dear @IgpUdaipur, this handle- @KViayan is sending me rape and murder threats on Twitter DM. He is Udaipur based. Bringing this criminal to your attention. @ashokgehlot51
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 29, 2021
पत्रकार रोहिणी सिंह को मर्डर एवं रेप की धमकी देने के मामले मे गोवर्धन विलास पुलिस थाना उदयपुर द्वारा प्रकरण सं 40/21 धारा 506,509 आईपीसी व 67 आईटी एक्ट में दर्ज कर आरोपी कपिल सिंह को हिरासत में लिया जाकर पुछताछ की जा रही है।
— Udaipur Range Police (@IgpUdaipur) January 30, 2021
Kapil has been booked under penal provisions pertaining to criminal intimidation and intent to insult modesty of a woman as well as under the Information Technology Act provision that penalises transmission of obscene material.
“During his interrogation, the accused confessed that he had doled out a threat to the journalist in anger against her style of reporting on the ongoing farmers’ agitation at the borders of Delhi,” Satyaveer Singh, the police chief of Udaipur, told the Hindustan Times.
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