Mangaluru: The Mangaluru East (Kadri) police have filed FIR against 22 abusers owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar including Bajrang Dal Mangaluru city co-convener Puneet Raj Kottari for posting hate comments against social activist Vidya Dinker.
The hate abusive campaign on Facebook against Ms Dinker, coordinator of Citizens Forum for Mangalore Development, began after she lodged a police complaint against Bajrang Dal activists for forcefully stopping the screening of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dilwale in Mangaluru.
It was Kottari, who instigated the online hatemongers to target Ms Dinker, by posting a derogatory comment on his Facebook wall against her. After police forced him to remove his abusive post a Facebook page named ‘Veera Kesari’ posted another provocative meme against Ms Dinker and provided an open platform for the miscreants to abuse and intimidate her.
Within a day the post attracted hundreds of abusive comments from Sangh Parivar activists. While most of the saffron activists poured sexually coloured abuses on Ms Dinker a few commenters also threatened to rape and murder her.
The FIR was filed after Ms Dinker lodged a formal complaint against the online abusers. The police said that they are investigating the case.
(Agencies)
