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Azaan row: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi files complaint for rape tweets

Updated on: 26 July,2017 04:28 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Suraj Ojha |

Months after singer Sonu Nigam received backlash for his 'azaan tweet', actress and writer Suchitra Krishnamo­orthi filed a complaint this morning for being 'sexually trolled' on Twitter

Azaan row: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi files complaint for rape tweets

Suchitra KrishnamoorthiSuchitra Krishnamoorthi


Months after singer Sonu Nigam received backlash for his 'azaan tweet', actress and writer Suchitra Krishnamo­orthi filed a complaint this morning for being 'sexually trolled' on Twitter for sharing a similar tweet this week.


On July 23, Suchitra had tweeted complaining about the sound of azaan after reaching home early in the morning. "Came home at 4.45 am 2 most aggressive/ ear shattering call of azaan. Nothing more lowlife & dumb than such extreme imposed religiousity," she wrote.


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Soon after, she became the target of several sexually abusive tweets, with some threatening to rape her. In response, she tweeted, "Look at these perverts! Feel sorry for my India – with this kind of attitude towards women its no wonder we've become the rape capital of d world."

She also tagged the Mumbai police commissioner and the Mumbai police cyber cell, asking them to look into the matter. Speaking to mid-day this morning, Suchitra said she was "on her way to file a complaint again­st the sexually abusive and vile tweets with threats of rape".

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