Rashami Desai, Kamya Panjabi to Devoleena Bhattacharjee; TV celebs who became victims of vulgar messages, abuse and threats on social media

Bigg Boss 15 fame Rashami Desai recently faced harassment from Umar Riaz’s fans on social media. Post which, the actress sought to help from the cyber cell of the Mumbai police. A few days back, Tera Yaar Hoon Main actress Vibhuti Thakur also opened up about facing abuse and threats. Previously too, many TV actresses have been in a tough spot owing to incessant trolling, abuse and threats on social media. Here’s a list of celebs who’ve been victims of cyberbullying:

Rashami Desai faced umpteen negativity from Umar Riaz’s fans after she spoke about his personal life in an interview. She got bombarded with abusive comments from the latter’s fans for talking about his private life. Not only this, Umar’s fans also targetted Rashami’s family in their comments and remarks against her. Upset with the same, the actres sammed a few on social media and specified that even their ‘ideal’ aka Umar Riaz won’t be happy with the trolling. In a tweet, Rashami Desai raised the issue to the Mumbai Police. She accused Umar Riaz’s fans of harassing her and dragging her family into the matter and wrote, “My request plz look in to the matter because they are harming me and my family image and it’s the actual fandom or on purpose m getting harassment. My family is getting dragged and it’s a harassment @MumbaiPolice @CybercrimeCID.”

Tera Yaar Hoon Main actress Vibhuti Thakur became a victim of cyberbullying after her phone number got leaked. The actress started getting calls from strangers seeking sexual favours. Vibhuti got emotionally distressed and unable to handle it, she reported the issue to the cyber police. Speaking to ETimes TV about the mess, Vibhuti shared, “Yesterday, I started getting calls and messages from random numbers. Initially, I thought it was some kind of a prank, but I broke down when few people started asking for sexual favors. I was shocked beyond belief because till now I have never faced a situation like this.”

Uttaran fame Tina Dutta faced harassment after she shared a topless picture on social media. The actress received filthy comments from a young user post which she reported the troll to cyber cell. Tina called out the troll for his vulgar remarks by sharing a screenshot. She shared the social media profile of the user, tagged a cybercrime cop while bashing the troll and asked for help.

Kavita Kaushik reported an internet user to the cybercrime cell after she faced lewd comments from the user. The actress shared screenshot of the user’s social media profile, tagged the cybercrime department and asked them to take a strict action. “This is a serial offender who breathes vulgarity 24/7. Please catch him and find his family. I would love to show his messages to them! @yogeshdangi_420 is his id! Let's find him guys before I do a FIR on him,” wrote the actress. The cybercrime cell assured Kavita of taking an action. Later, she also shared screenshots of the user apologising to her. However, this wasn’t the only time that Kavita Kaushik faced something like this. Previously too, she demanded to expose such cyberbullies.

Kamya Panjabi faced cyberbullying for supporting her friend Kavita Kaushik during her Bigg Boss 14 stint. Trolls targeted the actress for supporting Kavita and questioned if she is being paid to publicise her. Following the abuse and vulgar remarks of social media users, Kamya reported the issue to the cybercrime cell. The actress shared screenshots of the abusive messages and comments in a tweet and sought to help from the Maharashtra cyber crime cell.

Devoleena Bhattacharjee became a victim of cyberbullying in 2017. She fell prey to the ugly fan wars during Bigg Boss 13, which she was a part of. An apparent fan of Shehnaaz Gill sent Devoleena audio clips that had nasty abuses against her and her mother. Unable to take the filthiness, Devoleena filed a complaint against the internet user with the Mumbai cyber crime cell.

Nia Sharma became a victim of cyberbullying when her social media account got hacked in 2017. The hacker sent hate messages to the actress from her own account. Nia learnt that her account was hacked after fans informed her about it. The actress then sought help from the cyber crime cell.