Anurag Kashyap Alerts Mumbai Police As He Received Death Threats On Twitter

Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap was among the 49 celebrities, who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by expressing their concerns over the growing case of mob lynching in our country.

Post this incident the filmmaker received death threat from a Twitter user who wrote, that he had recently cleaned his rifle, shotgun and is currently waiting to see the director in person. Anurag took quick action on this serious matter by tagging Mumbai Police’s official Twitter handle on that comment, to alert them about the same.

@MumbaiPolice https://t.co/CI4GdBl7rB

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) July 25, 2019

Mumbai Police didn’t delay in taking quick actions, as they immediately replied to him and wrote,

“The cyber police station has been sent the account details. Request you to file a police complaint at your nearest police station for legal action to be initiated."

The cyber police station has been sent the account details. Request you to file a police complaint at the your nearest police station for legal action to be initiated.

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) July 25, 2019

Anurag Kashyap gratefully replied back to the Mumbai Police and thanked them for their quick and efficient action, he wrote,

"Anyways I want to thank @MumbaiPolice @MahaCyber1 @Brijeshbsingh for helping me with filing the FIR . Thank you so much for the amazing support and starting the process .Thank you @Dev_Fadnavis and thank you @narendramodi Sir. As a father I am more secure now."