The man accused of sending death threats to Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif and her husband Vicky Kaushal has been detained by Mumbai police.
Vicky reported an unidentified person for stalking Katrina and sending her offensive social media messages, and the person was detained as a result.
A tweet by ANI read, “Man, accused of threatening Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal through social media, arrested by Police: Mumbai Police.”
Earlier, another tweet by the agency read, “Case registered at Santacruz PS on the complaint of Vicky Kaushal. He complained that one person has been threatening and posting threat messages on Instagram. He stated that the accused has also been stalking his wife and threatening her.”
A Hindustan Times report quoted Manjunath Singhe, deputy commissioner of police (zone 9), as saying, “We have registered a case under Sections 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) and 354 (d) (stalking) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 67 (transmitting obscene material) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.”
According to the police, Vicky claimed that the accused had been posting threatening messages on Instagram against him and also stalking Katrina.
“The actor claimed that the harassment and threatening had been going on for a few days after which he decided to approach the police and lodge a complaint,” said an officer from Santacruz police station.
Before Vicky and Katrina, in June, the actor Swara Bhasker got a letter threatening her life. The actor’s Versova home was the recipient of the letter.
Swara went to the Versova police station after receiving the letter and reported some unnamed people.
In a related incident that happened in November 2021, the actor Kangana Ranaut reported the alleged death threats she received for her article about farm law protesters to a police station in Himachal Pradesh.
