DCW chief Swati Maliwal issues notice following trolls of Virat Kohli & MS Dhoni's daughters on social media, demands FIR be filed

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday issued a notice following obscene posts on social media of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli's daughters. The notice was issued to DCP Cyber Crime Branch Delhi and eclosed with screenshots of the obscene trolls.

Notice to DCP Cyber Cime Branch Delhi

"The Delhi Womens Commission has taken suo-moto cognizance of certain social media posts targetting two year old and 7 year old daughters of renowned Indian cricketers Shri Virat Kohli and Shri MS Dhoni. These posts on scocial media platform Twitter are obscene, misogynistic and extremely abusive towards young children and mothers", the notice read.

The commision has demanded an FIR be filed and accused identified and arrested in the matter. DCW demanded action and information in the said case latest by 16 January.

Maliwal had earlier demanded an FIR filed against the accused in Tweet yesterday. She posted two blurred screenshots of the social media posts and wrote, "Some accounts are making nasty comments by posting pictures of daughters of two big players of the country Virat Kohli and Dhoni on Twitter

She asked how can someone say such nasty things about a 2-year-old (Vamika) and a 7-year-old girl (Ziva). "If you don't like a player, will you abuse his daughter?" she added. 

It should be noted that Cricketer Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's daughter Vamika have turned two-year-old today. Several fans of the duo took to Twitter to wish the kid. However, a few of them also trolled her. 

Rape threat against Ziva after CSK loss

Disappointed cricket fans trolling players is not new in India after the team loses any match. However, the trolls, sometimes abuse the family members of the players. This is not the first time when we are experiencing online trolling of the daughter of the crikerter.

In 2020, an Instagram user had sent rape threats to MS Dhoni's five-year-old daughter Ziva. The disturbing incident happened after Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lost against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Abu Dhabi.

Later, Gujrat Police had detained a 16-year-old boy from Mundra in Kutch for allegedly issuing rape threats to Ziva.