Man arrested for giving threat to Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi

Mumbai: A 36-year-old Ahmedabad resident has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly giving a threat on Twitter to Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi that he would rape her daughter.
The arrested individual has been booked under the Information Technology Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The accused was being brought to Mumbai and would be produced in the Dindoshi court later in the day, a person familiar with the development said.
Following a directive from the Union Home Ministry, the police had registered a case against Twitter user ‘@GirishK1605’ for threatening to rape Congress spokesperson Chaturvedi’s 10-year-old daughter.
The case was registered under Section 509 (word, gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code, and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, on Tuesday after she had filed a complaint.