Mannequin Riya Ahir, who came into the spotlight after she stopped a police van in the course of the Gen Z protest in Mumbai, has appealed to the police to withdraw the FIR registered towards her. She has additionally sought strict motion towards individuals she alleged have been issuing threats to her on social media.
A delegation of the Mumbai Youth Congress met Joint Commissioner of Police (Legislation and Order) Manoj Sharma and raised issues over the FIR and the web harassment Ahir has been going through.
In line with Youth Congress leaders, Sharma assured the delegation that the method to withdraw the FIR can be began quickly and that police would examine these chargeable for sending threatening messages to her.
After the assembly, Ahir stated she had been receiving abusive feedback and threats on social media ever because the protest and her video went viral. She alleged that regardless of submitting a criticism with the police, no concrete motion had been taken up to now.
The delegation that accompanied Ahir to the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s Workplace included Youth Congress nationwide secretary Hargun Singh and Mumbai Youth Congress president Zeenat Shabreen. Singh questioned the delay in withdrawing the FIRs, saying a notification for the withdrawal of circumstances towards college students concerned within the protest had already been issued.
Ahir additionally stated that Muskan, a 19-year-old who had taken half within the protest, was going through an analogous wave of abusive feedback and threats on social media.
Shabreen stated younger ladies have been being punished merely for expressing their views and demanded quick police motion towards the social media accounts concerned in harassment and intimidation.
Ahir had grow to be the face of the protest after a viral picture from the rain-soaked demonstration at Shivaji Park in Dadar on July 22 confirmed her standing in entrance of a police van carrying detained younger protesters. The {photograph} of Ahir, in a gray hoodie and standing firmly to dam the van, turned some of the hanging photos from the Mumbai protests.
– Ends
