DCW Asks Facebook to Deactivate Accounts Threatening Gurmehar Kaur
The DCW had earlier written to the Delhi Police demanding security for Gurmehar, her family and lodged an FIR.
The Delhi Commission for Women on Tuesday asked Facebook to deactivate the accounts which were used to allegedly issue "rape threats" to DU student Gurmehar Kaur.
20-year-old Kaur on Monday had approached the women's body complaining that she has been receiving rape threats allegedly by members of ABVP after she initiated a social media campaign against the RSS' student wing.
The campaign went viral and attracted the support of students from various universities.
The DCW wrote to Delhi Police demanding security for her and her family and lodged an FIR.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against unknown persons in connection with the case.
DCW Chief Swati Maliwal in the letter said that Kaur has been subjected to "extreme abuse and rape threats" on her Facebook profile.
The DCW chief also asked the Facebook to provide complete contact details, IP addresses and other information of the abusers to help identify them.
Ramjas college had last week witnessed large-scale violence between AISA and the ABVP members over cancellation of an invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to address a seminar.
Kaur, a literature student of Lady Sri Ram college and daughter of a martyr, had started a campaign 'I am not afraid of ABVP' after the violence.
However, as the controversy grew, she withdrew and left for Jalandhar to be with her family, requesting that she be "left alone".
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