Actor Vijay Sethupathi’s Daughter Gets Rape Threat Over Muttiah Muralitharan Biopic Row

Chennai:

The Cyber Cell of Chennai Police has registered a case after a rape menace was made on Twitter in opposition to the daughter of actor Vijay Sethupathi, who yesterday exited from “800” – a biopic on Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan – following opposition to his involvement within the undertaking.

With out referring to Mr Sethupathi by title, or revealing particulars concerning the menace, Chennai Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal tweeted: “There was a variety of concern on social media concerning feedback made in opposition to a celeb. On receipt of a grievance to this impact a case has been registered.”

The tweet, from a deal with referred to as @ItsRithikRajh, issued a graphic menace tagging Mr Sethupathi’s personal deal with. Calling the actor a betrayer of Tamils, the tweet stated: “Solely this (sexual assault) would make him study concerning the hardship confronted by Lankan Tamils”.

The Sri Lankan Tamils problem has all the time been an emotional one throughout the state.

There have been many allegations of torture, killing and sexual assault of Lankan Tamils by Lankan military personnel over the three-decade-long armed battle between Tamils settled within the island nation and Lankan authorities forces.

The Tamils demanded equality and a separate homeland following stories of discrimination by the bulk Sinhalese authorities. Through the remaining part of the struggle in opposition to the LTTE round one lakh Tamil civilians have been reportedly killed.

Calling Mr Muralitharan a traitor and accusing him of supporting the killing of Lankan Tamils, veteran movie director Bharathiraja, PMK chief Dr P Ramadoss and no less than two ministers put stress on Mr Sethupathi to depart the movie.

Mr Muralitharan has denied the allegations and claimed that his assertion on the tip of the struggle was twisted. He later appealed to Mr Sethupathi to choose out of the undertaking.

The cricketer defined: “I do know the ache of struggle. I grew up in Sri Lanka amid struggle for over 30 years. My father was hacked once I was seven. Many instances we have been on the road.”

Following Mr Muralitharan’s appeal the actor yesterday said: “It’s over.”

At present’s tweet triggered outrage, with DMK MP Kanimozhi calling it a cowardly act.

“The perverse intimidation of Vijay Sethupathi’s daughter is just not solely barbaric however extraordinarily harmful to the very cloth of our society. Making girls and youngsters the delicate targets is a cowardly act. The police ought to take stern motion in opposition to the perpetrator,” she tweeted.

The perverse intimidation of Vijay Sethupathi’s #daughter is just not solely barbaric however extraordinarily harmful to the very cloth of our society. Making girls and youngsters the delicate targets is a cowardly act. The police ought to take stern motion in opposition to the perpetrator.#VijaySethupathi

— Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) (@KanimozhiDMK) October 20, 2020

Singer Chinmayi Sripaada tweeted: “Why does this crappy society do that? Watch silently when this occurs? How are males raised to talk out a rape menace? Why is it when adults battle like hyenas, the ladies and youngsters need to endure? Disgrace on all of you who do it and people who watch and stay silent.”

In the meantime the account from which the menace was despatched has been deleted.

It’s not clear but if this was Twitter appearing after the outrage or if it was eliminated by the person.

Mr Sethupathi’s daughter is not the one high-profile sufferer of such bestial threats in current days; earlier this month cricketer MS Dhoni’s daughter was equally threatened after her father – who performs for the Chennai Tremendous Kings within the ongoing IPL – misplaced a match.