Swara Bhaskar Files Complaint Over ‘Objectionable’ Comments On Social Media

Swara Bhaskar who is well known for her work in Veere Di Wedding has recently made headlines for filing a police complaint. The actress filed a complaint on Sunday at under Sections 354 D and 509 of the Indian Penal Code, as well as Section 67 of the IT Act.

The complaint was filed in Delhi after she got objectionable comments on her social media profiles. There were certain messages on her social media platforms which were “intended to outrage her modesty”.

In her complaint, she has mentioned about a Youtuber and a Twitter user has apparently circulated some messages with an intention to outrage her modesty, besides some hashtags with regard to some movie scene.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Gaurav Sharma said that a criminal case has been registered at the Vasant Kunj North police station and the investigation is underway.

The police will also ask for a response from Twitter on which accounts were used to post the ‘objectionable’ tweets.

While some fans have supported her in this act, trolls have taken a dig and said that this is what happens when you regret what you do.

You can check out the tweet here:

A criminal case has been registered under IPC Sec 354D (stalking), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and sec 67 of IT Act (Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form): Delhi Police (2/2)

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2021

The matter started on October 1 when Elvish had posted a tweet responding to the actress where he had said, “Excessive m@sturb@tion makes you blind was a myth but swara didi isko sahi prove karri hai. GST word use kiya mene swara?”

He was responding to a tweet by Swara calling him a liar, as he had said that only Hindu temples have to pay taxes in India, whereas the finance ministry had clarified that there is no GST on temple trusts. However, Yadav had retorted by saying he had not used the ‘GST’, and had referred to a scene from the movie Veere Di Wedding staring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Swara Bhaskar.

After the tweet by Elvish Yadav, several media houses and ‘fact checkers’ had fact-checked him, cleverly using the govt clarification that there is no GST on Hindu temples. But they had deliberately omitted other taxes applicable to Hindu temples to prove him wrong.

Later, Elvish Yadav had posted several tweets with the hashtag #SwaraApniUngliSambhal, which had led to many others to post the same on Twitter. Reacting to the same, Swara Bhasker had tweeted that it was cyber sexual harassment against her.

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However, while Swara Bhasker accuses Elvish Yadav of harassing her, she herself have used abusive words for others. On one occasion, she had called a four-year-old child ‘ch*iya’ and ‘kam*a’ on live television.

While she objected to #SwaraApniUngliSambhal by Elvish, she herself had used “Chaddhi on fire” for him, which can be considered equally derogatory.

You can check out Swara Bhaskar’s tweet here:

And this my friends is cyber sexual harassment.. Let’s talk about the challenges women face when participating in the public sphere shall we? 😬😬💁🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️
Dear @TwitterIndia @Twitter let’s talk about how to make your platform a safer user experience for women.. pic.twitter.com/NxPSfBRuOD

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) October 1, 2021