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Published on: 16 January 2023 at 19:38 IST
Delhi Police special Unit IFSO has lodged a case against at least six social media accounts for posting lewd comments about the daughters of cricketers Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni on Twitter.
Delhi Police said, a notice is being issued to the identified social media users and further legal action will be accordingly initiated against them.
Delhi Police special unit has lodged FIR after Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took suo motu cognisance of the matter and identified at least six social media accounts who were making obscene comments on the platform against the cricketers’ two and seven-year-old daughters.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal had issued a notice to the Police to lodge an FIR over the matter.
The Contents of Delhi Police FIR is as follows, “Based on the comments of the complaint and enquiry conducted so far, a prima facie offence under section 67B(d) (Punishment for publishing and transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act is made out.”