Model Riya Ahir, known for halting a police vehicle during a Gen Z rally at Shivaji Park, demanded the Mumbai Police withdraw the FIR registered against her. Alongside Youth Congress delegates, Riya Ahir met Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Manoj Sharma, in order to draw attention to the serious online threats and harassment faced by her on social media platforms.
Delegation to Mumbai Police seeks action against social media trolls
Ahir turned out to be the face of the July 22 protest organized in Shivaji Park in Dadar. The Mumbai Youth Congress delegation headed by national secretary Hargun Singh and Mumbai president Zeenat Shabreen met the high-level law enforcement officials at the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s Office and sought administrative action. Cyberbullying of youth : The delegation heads argued that the young female protestors are being systematically harassed on social media platforms for exercising their freedom of speech. Photos where she is seen donning a grey hoodie and standing up against a police vehicle with arrested student activists gained popularity in social media platforms. Ahir claimed that no arrests have been made in the case of cyber threats to her life Although she registered some preliminary complaints to the police about targeted intimidations.
