'Disgusting': Man arrested over alleged rape threat to Virat Kohli's child
A man has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to rape Virat Kohli's 10-month-old daughter following the Indian captain's backlash at the World Cup.
Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma copped horrible backlash on social media after India lost to Pakistan at the T20 World Cup.
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The relationship between the two countries has always been fractious and cricket often sparks tension.
Following India's loss, Mohammed Shami - the only Muslim player in the Indian cricket team - was abused online.
Kohli defended his teammate and labelled the social media trolls as "spineless" for their incessant abuse.
"There's a good reason why we are playing on the field and not some bunch of spineless people on social media that have no courage to actually speak to any individual in person," Kohli told reporters.
"We stand by him fully. We are backing him 200 per cent ... Our brotherhood, our friendship within the team - nothing can be shaken."
However, following his defence of Shami, Kohli and Bollywood actor Sharma were trolled online.
Police arrest man over alleged threat to Virat Kohli's daughter
Unfortunately, alleged threats were made towards Kohli and Sharma's 10-month-old daughter.
And police announced they travelled to Hyderabad and arrested a man who allegedly made a rape threat on social media towards Kohli and Sharma's 10-month-old daughter.
The 23-year-old man was arrested after his comment went viral and was shared to raise awareness.
Police said the arrest is part of an investigation into a number of Twitter accounts that allegedly made off remarks towards the family.
Indian Times Now reporter Rahul Shivshankar was one to call out the trolls for the 'disgusting hate diatribe' aimed at Kohli's daughter.
NCW takes note of disgusting hate diatribe against Kohli's daughter. SM perverts must be identified. SM platforms can't allow this. Despite stricter IT laws, compliance still a problem?
— Rahul Shivshankar (@RShivshankar) November 2, 2021
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