New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to the Gujarat Police, seeking action against a man who gave open rape threat to a female comedian.
Comedian Agrima Joshua has shared an apology for an old video in which she made a joke about the upcoming statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and what people were saying about it online. Following the call for her arrest by a Shiv Sena leader and a very public hate campaign against her, Joshua decided to come forth with an apology. The video was also taken down.
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मेरी क्षमायाचना स्वीकार करे,
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Please accept my humble apology,@cmoMaharashtra @authackrey@anildeshmukhncp@nitinraut@RajThackrey pic.twitter.com/uHBZMBPOfB
">मेरी क्षमायाचना स्वीकार करे,
— Agrima Joshua 🇮🇳 (@Agrimonious) July 11, 2020
Please accept my humble apology,@cmoMaharashtra @authackrey@anildeshmukhncp@nitinraut@RajThackrey pic.twitter.com/uHBZMBPOfBमेरी क्षमायाचना स्वीकार करे,
— Agrima Joshua 🇮🇳 (@Agrimonious) July 11, 2020
Please accept my humble apology,@cmoMaharashtra @authackrey@anildeshmukhncp@nitinraut@RajThackrey pic.twitter.com/uHBZMBPOfB
In its letter written to Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha, the NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said, "NCW is committed to create safe online space for women and ensure cybersecurity for women and is perturbed by the rise in the use of the cyberspace to instigate crime against women."
The Commission has sought immediate action against the man under the provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act. It has also sought an action taken report from the Gujarat Police at the earliest.
"The NCW is committed to creating safe online space for women and ensuring cybersecurity to women and is perturbed by the rise in use of cyberspace to instigate crime against women," Sharma said in the letter sent late Saturday night.
"Considering the sensitivity of the matter, it is requested that immediate action be taken as per the Information Technology Act, 2000, against the miscreant and feedback be apprised to the Commission by e-mail/fax," the letter read.
The man, who has been identified as Shubham Mishra, not only used filthy language, but casually threatened to rape standup comedian Agrima Joshua.
The matter came to light after actor Swara Bhaskar, comedian Kunal Kamra and many others shared the video of the man on Twitter.
In the said video, the man could be seen abusing Joshua and also giving an open rape threat to the female comedian.
Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal also took to Twitter, appealing the Gujarat Police to take immediate action against the Mishra.
"A man is openly giving rape threat to a woman and it can be clearly seen in the video that he isn't afraid in doing so," Maliwal tweeted.
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इन्टरनेट पर शुभम मिश्रा नामक व्यक्ति एक लड़की को खुलेआम रेप की धमकी और गंदी गालियां दे रहा है। वीडियो में साफ दिख रहा है उसे ये हरकत करते ज़रा भी डर का एहसास नहीं है।@GujaratPolice संज्ञान ले और तुरन्त इसे गिरफ्तार करे। इस तरह की अभद्रता करने की हिम्मत किसी की नहीं होनी चाहिए! https://t.co/9v9r1aaX9g
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) July 12, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">इन्टरनेट पर शुभम मिश्रा नामक व्यक्ति एक लड़की को खुलेआम रेप की धमकी और गंदी गालियां दे रहा है। वीडियो में साफ दिख रहा है उसे ये हरकत करते ज़रा भी डर का एहसास नहीं है।@GujaratPolice संज्ञान ले और तुरन्त इसे गिरफ्तार करे। इस तरह की अभद्रता करने की हिम्मत किसी की नहीं होनी चाहिए! https://t.co/9v9r1aaX9g
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) July 12, 2020इन्टरनेट पर शुभम मिश्रा नामक व्यक्ति एक लड़की को खुलेआम रेप की धमकी और गंदी गालियां दे रहा है। वीडियो में साफ दिख रहा है उसे ये हरकत करते ज़रा भी डर का एहसास नहीं है।@GujaratPolice संज्ञान ले और तुरन्त इसे गिरफ्तार करे। इस तरह की अभद्रता करने की हिम्मत किसी की नहीं होनी चाहिए! https://t.co/9v9r1aaX9g
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) July 12, 2020
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