Pooja Bhatt said that she has made her Instagram account private after receiving death and rape threats on social media.

Mumbai: Pooja Bhatt said that she has made her Instagram account private after receiving death and rape threats on social media. 

In a post on the social media platform, Pooja said that she has been advised to make her account private after the barrage of hate her family has been receiving in the wake of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

Pooja Bhatt

She added that the platform has become a place for people to hurl abuses and threats of rape and death to others.

Pooja said she used to ignore such threats in the past.

"But is someone wishing you and your family death, constructive criticism or just an attempt at vile cyber bullying? I have been advised to turn off all comments but by doing that you block out the entire positive, well meaning constructive feedback as well," Pooja said in her post on Instagram.

Mahesh Bhatt

Pooja's family has faced trolling on social media since Rajput's death in June this year. Her father Mahesh Bhatt is also being trolled. 

"As for wishing me death, the same god and universe that watches over you, watches me as well. I will pass when life decides for me. And as long as life keeps me breathing I will live to the optimum and revel in the now," Pooja said.