Published 20:35 IST, July 11th 2019

Big furore over Mumbai Police allegedly blocking actor Payal Rohatgi on Twitter, Amruta Fadnavis also intervenes

Bollywood actress Payal Rohatgi slammed Mumbai Police for blocking her on a social media platform.

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Bollywood actress Payal Rohatgi slammed Mumbai Police for blocking her on a social media platform. In a tweet, actress shared a screenshot of Mumbai Police's Twitter feed that read "Mumbai Police has blocked you". Alleging a communal angle, actress stated that as a Hindu she is scared to live in country and furr accused police of having a biased behaviour. 

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Her tweet read, "Why has@MumbaiPoliceblocked me? Are U BFF with drug accused jailed mirity tag actor As a #Hindu I am scared to live in Hindustan if Police has such biased behaviour. w I understand why my family tells me 2 stop talking 4 Hindus@Sangram_Sanjeet@PMOIndia@HMOIndia."

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Mumbai Police was quick to clarify matter in a tweet and stated that ir technical team is solving discrepancy. y also went on to say that y never restrict any sort of interaction with any Mumbaikar. 

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tweet has garnered a lot of attention and seems to have also caught eye of Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavi's wife, Amruta Fadnavis. Tweeting in support of actress, she wrote, "A citizen expressing personal views (t intending to hurt religious sentiments)on social media - should t be blocked by public entities/organisations. Request @MumbaiPolice to look into issue of @Payal_Rohatgi" 

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Meanwhile, Rohatgi has even written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over matter. 

 

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20:18 IST, July 11th 2019