Published 10:28 IST, March 30th 2020
Jwala Gutta harassed with abuse and racist taunts; complains to Hyderabad, Chennai Police
Jwala Gutta was harassed with abuse and racist taunts like 'half corona' on Twitter. The badminton star complained to the Hyderabad and Chennai Police.
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Jwala Gutta lost her cool at trolls on Twitter after she expressed her concern over situation of migrant workers amid ongoing national lockdown and abuse over her photograph with actor-boyfriend Vishnu Vishal. badminton star claimed she was abused with racist taunts like ‘half corona’ over her stance amid fight against coronavirus/COVID-19. 36-year-old even complained to Chennai Police, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad Police handles on microblogging platform.
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Jwala had shared a picture with Vishnu a few days ago, and shared how y were following ‘social distancing’ at moment to prevent coronavirus. As a troll abused her over post, she tagged Tamil Nadu and Chennai police handles, after which abusive account was longer active.
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Even Vishnu reacted to post and wrote how troll was ‘hiding behind someone’s face in his profile picture and even threatened troll with ‘biggest lesson’ once lockdown was over.
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Jwala n tagged Hyderabad Police account as well as, claiming that person was targetting her community with ‘racist’ comments.
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Commonwealth Games medallist had supported Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s statement on supporting migrant workers, while urging m to stay at ir current locations. Jwala n vented out, asking if showing empathy for people struggling without daily essentials was wrong. She asked if people were losing ir humanness and if sensibilities of people at moment were ‘real.’
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10:28 IST, March 30th 2020