NEW DELHI

The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested, a Hyderabad-based man, over online rape threats to Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma's daughter after India's two straight losses in the World Cup.

The man has been identified as Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathini and is being brought to Mumbai.

Kohli has been at the receiving end of fierce online criticism in the wake of India's poor showing and also his strong comments calling out the targeting of teammate Mohammed Shami.
Following the threats, the Delhi Commission for Women had sent a notice to the city police, taking suo motu cognisance of media reports of threat given to Kohli's family.

It has been reported that online rape threats directed at Kohli's nine-month-old daughter are being issued since the team's defeat in an India-Pakistan cricket match in the ongoing T20 World Cup, the DCW said in the notice.

Kohli had earlier hit back at "spineless trolls" who attacked Shami's religion after the team lost to Pakistan in its inaugural T20 World Cup game and said targeting people for their faith is "the most pathetic thing" to do.

In view of this, the women's commission had asked the Delhi Police to submit the copy of FIR registered in the matter and sought details of accused identified and arrested in the matter.
The commission also sought information about the details of steps taken by the Delhi Police to arrest the accused.