The Rajasthan police have arrested a 26-year-old law student for sending death and rape threats to Rohini Singh, senior journalist.

The Rajasthan police have arrested a 26-year-old law student for sending death and rape threats to Rohini Singh, senior journalist.

In a response to Singh’s tweet on the farmers’ tractor rally, Kapil Viayan had sent her a direct message and threatened her. In a tweet about the threats, Singh tagged Udaipur range police and chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot and demanded action.

Dear @IgpUdaipur, this handle- @KViayan is sending me rape and murder threats on Twitter DM. He is Udaipur based. Bringing this criminal to your attention. @ashokgehlot51

— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 29, 2021

Following this, Gehlot directed the Udaipur IG and SP to take immediate action. Viayan was identified as a resident of Semari village in Udaipur. He was also found to be associated with BJP’s student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Inspector general of police (IGP) Udaipur range, Satyaveer Singh confirmed that Viayan was arrested and put under interrogation on Saturday.

??????? ?????? ???? ?? ????? ? ??? ?? ???? ???? ?? ????? ???? ???? ?? ?????? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ?? ??? ???? Fir no. 40/21 ???? 506,509 ipc and 67 IT act ???? ??????? ?????, ????-?????? @ashokgehlot51 @rohini_sgh @IgpUdaipur @RajPoliceHelp

— Udaipur Police (@UdaipurPolice) January 30, 2021

“Our team has arrested Kapil Singh, a resident of Semari, who was sending murder and rape threats to journalist Rohini Singh,” the IGP had tweeted.