Bengali actress Pratyusha Paul receives threats on Instagram, Kolkata Police launch probe

Read full story: Bengali actress Pratyusha Paul faces harassment on social media; seeks help from police

Cyber Cell of Kolkata Police lodged a case after popular Bengali TV actor Pratyusha Paul filed a complaint on alleged online harassment. Pratyusha says she received rape threats from an anonymous online account on Instagram. In a conversation with a news portal, the actress reportedly claimed that it all began in July 2020, when an anonymous account started sending her lewd messages on Instagram. Back then, she tried reporting it to the police, however, she was advised not to pay attention to it. She is now quoted as saying, 'The account used to send extremely lewd messages to me on Instagram. I was told that as a public person, such things happen and I should not pay attention to it.' Furthermore, she reportedly went on to add, 'I have blocked the accounts 30 times and this is the 31st time that the person has created a new account and threatened me again on Instagram. The person has abused me by sending rape threats. Hence, my mother visited Lalbazar for the second time today.'