Gujarat: Minor picked up for rape threats to Dhoni’s daughter on social media

The feedback got here after Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) misplaced a fit to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

A 16-year-old boy from Mundra in Kutch has been picked up by way of the police for allegedly issuing rape threats on Instagram to the daughter of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, after his workforce misplaced a fit within the ongoing Indian Premier Legaue (IPL) match.

In keeping with the police, the motion in opposition to the minor boy, a resident of a Mundra village, was once taken at the foundation of data given by way of the Ranchi Police, who’re investigating the case.

The problem had come to mild 3 days in the past, when netizens identified feedback on social media during which rape threats had been issued to Dhoni’s five-year-old daughter, after his workforce Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) misplaced a fit to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

In keeping with Kutch Bhuj police, the boy has allegedly confessed to having posted the threats the usage of his Instagram account.

Chatting with The Indian information, Saurabh Singh, superintendent of police, Kutch Bhuj, stated: “Ranchi Police is investigating this example. They knowledgeable us on Sunday that an accused who made sure feedback on Instagram have been traced to Mundra in Kutch. We picked up the juvenile nowadays and in our interrogation, he has confessed to having posted the ones feedback after CSK misplaced a fit to KKR.”

Singh stated the boy research in Magnificence 12. “Since he’s a minor, we can not arrest or detain him with out fees as in step with the juvenile justice Act. So we’re looking ahead to Ranchi Police to reach in Kutch, and then we can hand him over to them.”

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