FIR Against Sagarika Ghose Over Tweet About Attacks on Muslims?

The trolling that followed forced Ghose to delete her tweet after some time and apologise for hurting sentiments.

Noted journalist and author Sagarika Ghose tweeted on Friday asking the government to act against those behind the alleged killings of Muslims across the country – and triggered a Twitter storm in the process.

Ghose’s tweet immediately drew sharp reactions from twitterati, with one user even claiming to have filed an FIR against her.

The trolling that followed forced her to delete her tweet after some time and apologise for hurting sentiments.

Have deleted my tweet on attacks on Muslims & apologise if sentiments were hurt. However I remain a vigilant observer of communal violence..

— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) May 20, 2017

But that did not stop tweeple from bashing her for "hurting sentiments", "spreading lies" and "hate mongering", while many said that merely apologising wasn’t enough.

@HatindersinghR @dhruv_reddevil @sagarikaghose Kudos to you brother, likes of them need to be taught a lesson, hate mongers masquerading as liberal journalists, shame on them.

— mango man (@gbd1971) May 20, 2017

@DharRenuka @sagarikaghose shame on you sagarika for spreading lies. But the previous upa might have honoured Padmasri award for this.

— Madhusudan (@Madhusudanan99) May 20, 2017

.@sagarikaghose This doesnt work. Your intention was to incite communal violence & tweet was up for many hrs. Just apologising is NOT enuf

— Rosy (@rose_k01) May 20, 2017

@ragub6 @sagarikaghose Won't work.
Nothing lesser than electric shock will work.
We should start a campaign to collect money to send her to a mental asylum.

— Ranjan Singh (@ranjan5ua) May 20, 2017

One Twitter users even claimed to have filed an FIR against the journalist.

@IAnirbanG @devyanidilli @DelhiPolice @sagarikaghose Your complaint number is 74507 I have filed a complaint with Mumbai police against Sagarika Ghose for inciting riots and communal violence

— Chaitanya Joshi (@chaitanyajoshi) May 20, 2017

@sagarikaghose U can't go just by apologising!!I am going to lodge FIR here in local police station!!Just talking to my lawyer and then will do it!! pic.twitter.com/UzkzhRnkRz

— HATINDERSINGH RAJPUT (@HatindersinghR) May 20, 2017

@devyanidilli @DelhiPolice Take Suo Motto
action.Launch FIR agnst @sagarikaghose for inciting enmity btwn Communities.Example needs 2 b set

— Anirban Ghosh (@IAnirbanG) May 20, 2017

Ghose replied to those threatening to file FIRs against her, saying that she hoped that at least one FIR was also filed against those who killed Muslims.

Guess not. Lots of FIRs promised against me, but I hope there'll be at least one FIR against those who did the killings too... https://t.co/SNENpol7cE

— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) May 20, 2017