New Delhi: In a surprising incident, a 26-year-old legislation scholar from Udaipur in Rajasthan was arrested on Saturday (January 30) for allegedly sending dying and rape threats to Rohini Singh, senior journalist and frequent contributor to The Wire.
According to police official, he has been held for felony intimidation and intention to insult the modesty of a lady after he allegedly threatened a lady journalist from Delhi on social media.
The menace was given on Twitter in response to Rohini Singh’s tweet on the farmers’ tractor rally.
The 26-year-old recognized as Kapil Viayan had threatened her by sending her a direct message on Twitter. In a tweet in regards to the threats, Singh tagged Udaipur vary police and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and demanded motion.
Dear @IgpUdaipur, this handle- @OkayViayan is sending me rape and homicide threats on Twitter DM. He is Udaipur based mostly. Bringing this felony to your consideration. @ashokgehlot51
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 29, 2021
Ashok Gehlot orders speedy motion
Soon after this, CM Gehlot directed the Udaipur IG and SP to take speedy motion.
According to the data offered, it was additionally discovered that the legislation scholar is related to BJP’s scholar wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
Following the criticism by Singh and order by CM Ghelot, Inspector basic of police (IGP) Udaipur vary, Satyaveer Singh confirmed that Viayan was arrested and put below interrogation on Saturday(January 31).
“Our team has arrested Kapil Singh, a resident of Semari, who was sending murder and rape threats to journalist Rohini Singh,” the IGP had tweeted.
“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,” stated the Udaipur IGP.
After the arrest, Journalist Rohini Singh later thanked Gehlot and Udaipur police for the immediate motion.
