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Afghanistan: Taliban captures 5 major cities in just 3 days, gets control of opium smuggling routes

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Afghanistan: Taliban captures 5 major cities in just 3 days, gets control of opium smuggling routes

On Sunday (August 8), the Islamic terror outfit Taliban captured three provincial capitals including the strategic city of Kunduz in Afghanistan. The terrorists have intensified their offensive in the northern part of the country after the US announced to withdraw its troops by August end.

It must be mentioned that dozens of border crossings and districts have fallen into the hands of the Taliban in the past months. Kunduz, a city with 2.7 lac residents, is located at the gateway to the mineral-rich provinces in Northern Afghanistan and South Asia. Kunduz is also connected via highways to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Moreover, controlling Kundz implied that the Taliban now is in charge of the opium cartel that is smuggled through the region.

On Sunday, the Taliban lay siege on all government buildings in the city, except the Afghan army base and the airport (which is still controlled by the Afghan security forces). The development was confirmed by legislator Amruddin Wali and Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. During the forceful capture of Kunduz by the Taliban, about 14 dead bodies and 30 injured people were rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the Afghan security force informed that the government would launch a counteroffensive to recapture lost territory.

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Besides Kunduz, the Taliban also took over governmental buildings in Sar-e-Pul. The state officials were thus forced to vacate the city and take refuge in a nearby military base. Later in the evening, a Parliament representative Ashraf Ayni informed that the Taloqan city in Takhar province had fallen into the hands of Taliban, who had freed all prisoners from jail. A day earlier on Saturday (August 7), the Taliban took control of most of Sheberghan, including the provincial government buildings. Although the terror outfit had claimed to have captured the whole city, an Afghan security forces spokesman denied the claims. The spokesman added that they were trying to regain the city from the Taliban without causing civilian casualties.

On Friday, the Taliban captures the city of Zaranj in the Nimroz province, thus extending their stronghold from southern provinces to the Northern provinces. In total, the Taliban has captured 5 province capitals since Friday (August 6), as per reports. Ever since the US forces withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban has been making rapid advances in the country. Supported by the Pakistani military, the group had captured many border posts and several provincial cities.

USA sends in B-52 Bombers and Spectre Gunships to stop the Taliban

In a desperate attempt to stop the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan, US president Joe Biden has sent B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to target the terror group. According to reports, a US B-52 bomber attacked Taliban positions in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, after the group gained ground near the area.

The Taliban forces were targeted by the bomber on the outskirts of Herat city on Friday. Following the attack, flights in and out of the city’s airport were halted. “Unfortunately, all flights to Herat have been cancelled due to the fighting and the information we have received suggest that a B-52 was used in the fighting yesterday (Friday) in Herat,” provincial lawmaker Habib Ur Rahman Pedram told Arab News.

Neeraj strikes gold, again, Gujarat petrol pump offers free petrol to all namesakes of the athlete

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Neeraj strikes gold, again, Gujarat petrol pump offers free petrol to all namesakes of the athlete

Neeraj Chopra’s Gold victory in Tokyo Olympics is a matter of celebration for every Indian, and people are finding innovative ways to express their happiness. A petrol pump owner in Bharuch, South Gujarat, has launched an offer to give free petrol worth Rs 501 to everyone whose name is Neeraj. The offer is available to grab till 5 PM on August 9.

The petrol pump owner had put up a notice board at his petrol pump announcing the same. The beneficiary would have to show his identity proof to avail of the offer. Times of India reported that the staff at the petrol pump had been instructed to warmly welcome any person whose name is Neeraj to the filling station. The owner expects to get a good response on Monday once people come to know about the offer.

Neeraj Chopra wins a historic gold in Tokyo Olympics

On August 7, Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the first gold medal for India in track and field event. He won the Gold Medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the Javelin Throw event on Saturday. Chopra had topped the qualifying round with an 86.59-meter throw, which he registered in his first attempt. On Saturday’s finals, Chopra scored 87.03 meters in the first throw and 87.58 meters in the second. His other throws could not match his feat in the first two rounds, but they did not need to. His second throw was enough to win him the Olympic Gold.

‘You will be responsible for your own political death’: Pro-Khalistan group warns Punjab CM against unfurling national flag on I-Day, other CMs also get threats

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‘You will be responsible for your own political death’: Pro-Khalistan group warns Punjab CM against unfurling national flag on I-Day, other CMs also get threats

Pro-Khalistan banned group Sikhs For Justice has issued threats to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder and warned against unfurling the national flag on Independence Day. In an audio message to Punjab CM and Governor the caller identifying himself as SFJ General Secretary Gurpatwant Singh Pannun invoked the farm laws and claimed that at a time when ‘farmers’ are dying, unfurling the national flag would ‘not be tolerated’.

“You will be responsible for your own political death,” he threatened.

Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice has threatened chief ministers of several Indian states against unfurling the Indian national flag on Independence Day on 15th August. These include Jai Ram Thakur, Himachal Pradesh, Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana, Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh and Captain Amarinder Singh of Punjab.

In July, a recorded phone call went to Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur where the caller identified himself as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, SFJ General Secretary and claimed that he will not allow the Himachal Pradesh CM to hoist the national flag on Independence Day. He claimed that Himachal Pradesh was once part of Punjab and since SFJ is seeking so-called referendum in Punjab. “Once we liberate Punjab, we will make sure that we take over areas of HP which were part of Punjab,” the called claimed.

Later, similar call was made to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar where a recorded message by Pannun threatened that he will not let the Chief Minister unfurl the national flag. In a threatening call made to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the caller, identified as Pannun, not only warned him against hoisting the flag but also said that the thermal plants in the state will be shut on that day.

The police of all the states are being vigilant and have increased security.

Tokyo Paralympics to start from August 24, India to send largest-ever contingent with 54 para athletes

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Tokyo Paralympics to start from August 24, India to send largest-ever contingent with 54 para athletes

After the flames of the Tokyo Olympics, 2020 were extinguished, Paralympics 2020 is set to commence from August 24 which will conclude on September 5, 2021. The Tokyo Paralympics will feature 539 events across 22 different disciplines to be hosted at 21 venues. 

India will be sending its largest-ever contingent with 54 para athletes to compete in nine sporting disciplines. Mariyappan Thangavelu, the 2016 Rio Gold Medalist in the men’s high jump, has been selected as the captain and will lead the Indian contingent. 

Talking about the preparations, Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) President Deepa Malik had told ANI, “We had to make some really bold decisions in the welfare of the athletes. This year’s March National Meet was very important. There was a difficult time in getting the trials done, to be able to make the SOP, we want to thank the Sports Authority of India. Secretary sir personally overlooked the arrangements at the JLN Stadium.”

At least 4 medals expected

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) is confident that the country will win at least four medals in Tokyo Paralympics. 

In a first, a record 10 para shooters including top pistol shooters Singhraj and Manish Narwal have been named for the Tokyo 2020 Games. The final list includes Manish Narwal (P1, P4), Singhraj (P1, P4), Deepender Singh (P1), Deepak (R1, R6, R7), Sidhartha Babu (R3, R6), Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (R1), Akash (P3, P4), Rahul Jakhar (P3), Avani Lekhara (R2, R3, R6, R8), and Rubina Francis (P2). 

Star javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu will also make their presence felt. Other players to represent India include Sharad Kumar and Varun Singh Bhatti (all high jump T-63), Amit Kumar and Dharambir (club throw F-51), Nishad Kumar and Ram Pal (high jump T-47), Sonam Rana (shot put F-57), Navdeep (javelin F-41), Praveen Kumar (high jump T-64), Yogesh Kathuniya (discus throw F-56), Vinod Kumar (discus throw F-56), Ranjeet Bhati (javelin F-57), Arvind (shot put F-35), Tek Chand (javelin F-54).

Ekta Bhyan and Kashish Lakra (both club throw F-51), Bhagyashri Jadhav (shot put F-34), Simran (100m T-13) represent the women’s team. 

‘Kar de tu Kamaal’- official theme song

The Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) launched the Official theme song for the Indian Para Athletes on August 03 and urged the nation to root for our players. 

The song composed and sung by Indian Divyang player Sanjiv Singh was launched by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Sports Secretary Ravi Mittal, PCI President Deepa Malik and Secretary-General Gursharan Singh.

Union Minister Thakur took to Twitter to share the theme song.

What is Paralympics?

Paralympic Games is a major international sports competition for differently-abled athletes. The Paralympics are split into Winter Games and Summer Games, which alternately occur every two years.

Paralympic athletes compete in six different groups—amputee, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries, intellectual disability, and “les autres” (athletes who do not fit into one of the other categories, including dwarfism) and then further divided into various segments. 

West Bengal: CPIM to unfurl Tricolours at party offices for the first time in 75 years this I-Day

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West Bengal: CPIM to unfurl Tricolours at party offices for the first time in 75 years this I-Day

On August 8, CPI (M) West Bengal announced that the leadership would unfurl the Indian national flag in its headquarters located at Alimuddin Street along with other party offices in the state. The party will celebrate India’s Independence in WB for the first time in 75 years. As per reports, the party high command approved the same after former MLA Sujan Chakraborty had submitted a written proposal.

It is notable here that the CPI(M) had never hurled the Indian national flag in its party office on the occasion of Independence Day. Soon after India’s independence, the undivided Communist Party had raised the slogan ‘Ye Azaadi jhootha hai’.

The proposal was approved by the central committee on August 8 during the central committee meeting. Chakraborty said, “We will celebrate the 75th Independence Day, and it will be celebrated by the party across the state, starting from the party’s headquarters at Alimuddin Street. There will be a year-long program on this occasion.”

Chakraborty denied the contention that the party is celebrating Independence day for the first time. He said they had celebrated it before but differently. PTI quoted him saying, “We usually observe the Independence Day by holding discussions on issues and dangers faced by the country by fascist forces, by communal forces. This time the day will be held in a bigger way. Seventy-fifth or 100th year don’t come every time.”

According to a report in TV9 Hindi, CPI (M) leadership believes that Bharatiya Janata Party has influenced people by using nationalism and patriotism. The Left Front needs to change its strategy to fight BJP in elections. Notably, the Left Front is often accused of being more sympathetic towards communist-ruled countries like Cuba, Vietnam and even China. Recently, CPI (M) had participated in the 100-years celebration of the Chinese Communist Party that drew widespread criticism.

In the 34-years of rule in West Bengal, the Marxist Party was often accused of being more concerned about what was happening in Cuba rather than concentrating on the needs of the people of West Bengal.

75th year of Independence

On August 15, 2021, India will enter the 75th year of Independence. The government of India has announced a series of events under Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th Independence day on August 15, 2022. The Government of India is planning to celebrate “Amrut Mahotsav” – the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence as a “people’s movement”. The Modi government has already started preparations for the 75th-anniversary celebrations and intends to organise several events to commemorate the historic event. A national implementation committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah will manage the events.

Athlete allegedly dropped from World Deaf Athletics Championships in Poland by SAI because she was the lone woman in the team

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Athlete allegedly dropped from World Deaf Athletics Championships in Poland by SAI because she was the lone woman in the team

Even as the nation is celebrating the Olympic medals won by Indian athletes, including female sportspersons, a deaf athlete has been allegedly denied the opportunity to participate in an international event because she is the sole female athlete qualified from India. According to reports, track and field athlete Sameeha Barwin has been dropped by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) from the Indian contingent at the 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships to be held from August 23-28 in Poland.

Reportedly, Sameeha Barwin is the sole female athlete in the Indian team, and the SAI is unwilling a lone girl with 5 male athletes who have qualified for the event. According to the family members of the athlete, even though her records exceed the qualifying criteria for the championships in Poland, the All India Sports Council of the Deaf (AISCD) told them that the SAI has refused to include her in the Indian contingent.

While the qualifying criteria for high jump and long jump for females are 1.4 meter and 4.25 meters in the event, Sameeha had achieved 1.45 meters in high jump and 4.75 meters in long jump in the 2019 national deaf games.

Later in July 2021, the AISCD held a national selection trial for the World Championships in Poland, where 12 hearing-impaired athletes had participated. There were two female contenders, including Sameeha. As the other women failed to qualify, the SAI officials allegedly decided to drop Sameeha also as she would have been the lone female member in the Indian contingent.

Her mother Salamath told media, “I was told that they cannot send my daughter alone as she is only a female athlete and also arrangements cannot be made for an escort due to shortage of funds.”

According to Twitter user Chennapragada who talked to Sameeha’s mother, at the end of the national selection trials, the organisers told her in sign language, ‘better luck next time. You can go next time,’ informing her that she is not going to Poland this time. The Twitter user said that the Sameeha and her family members were not given proof that SAI is actually responsible for dropping her for the championships, as she was informed about the same only by the All India Sports Council of the Deaf.

The Twitter user said that the state officials have been avoiding the calls of the athlete’s mother ever since she was informed about dropping her on July 22.

The state officials of the Council have asked the athlete the accept the decision allegedly taken by SAI. According to the officials, there were not enough funds to send an escort with the athlete. The family members of the athlete tried to get her back in the time, but they couldn’t.

Kanyakumari MP V Vijayakumar wrote to union sports minister Anurag Thakur to intervene in the matter. He even said that funds for an escort can be arranged through sponsors, but allegedly no response was received from the union ministry.

Ben Shapiro goes up against MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’: Here is everything that was said

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Ben Shapiro goes up against MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’: Here is everything that was said

On Saturday (August 7), conservative host Ben Shapiro went against MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance during a discussion on ‘critical race theory’ and other matters. The fierce debate was aired on the ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ show.

During the discussion, Nance made a wild claim that about 40,000 people stormed into the US Capitol Hill on January 6 this year, even though the number is in less than thousands. Shapiro corrected the MSNBC journalist and stated, “I will tell you why this (exact figure is important)… You have a terrible habit of conflating people who do actual violence with a wide group of people. For instance, (consider) the number of people who voted for Donald Trump is 75 million (7.5 crores). And that (gross generalisation) is ugly.”

Ben Shapiro added how Malcolm Nance had labelled him as ‘racist’ and demanded that he be stopped from entering Washington DC. “That sounds rather authoritarian to me. I have never called for you to be kicked out of MSNBC. I have never called on anybody to not buy your work. I have never called on anybody to censor you on Twitter,” the conservative speaker drew distinct lines between the dealings of the left and right. A rattled Nance could only resort to creating hysteria about the existence of authoritarianism during the Trump era by equating it with the Rwandan genocide and Holocaust.

Given the tendency of the MSNBC journalist to switch back to the Trump era so as to not hold the incumbent Biden administration accountable, Shapiro said, “I think I am living in a parallel universe.” He pointed out how the Democratic party has been in control of the White House, Senate and the House of Representatives. While reiterating that Trump has not been in Office since January 20 this year, the major challenges posed to the country are by big tech giants and the government-run by the Democrats.

Nance alleged that the United States was on the verge of autocracy in the last four years. The conservative host was quick to point out that Nance did not face censorship during the Trump administration, even though he claimed that it was dictatorial in nature. In his defence, he alleged to have been terminated from MSNBC due to a letter fired off from the Trump White House.

Show host Bill Maher chipped in to claim that Republicans have a ‘dictator immunity’ i.e. they can interact with dictators freely and not face repercussions. Ben Shapiro was quick to intervene and pointed out how Barack Obama held hands with Raul Castro (Fidel Castro’s son) and went to a baseball game with in Cuba. He also added how Obama promised Russian Medvedev “flexibility” after his reelection.

Ben Shapiro shreds MSNBC journalist on critical race theory

The debate then moved from Donald Trump to the critical race theory. Ben Shapiro stated, “Critical race theory basically argues that racism is baked into all the old systems of the American society and that a neutral system was meant to benefit those in power.” He clarified that disparity does not equate to discrimination. Citing the example that if the black community is not performing well on one indicator, it must automatically imply that the system was meant to benefit the white people. Shapiro added that the superfluous theory also stated that white people had the duty to tear down the system to make it alleviate the racial divide.

Malcolm Nance then claimed that ‘inconvenient history’ such as the Scalp Act of 1749 and the Chinese exclusion Act of 1840 was not being talked about. Shapiro intervened and said that there were enough discussions already on the said topics. Referring to the critical race theory, he said, “You seem to be a pretty good beneficiary of the meritocracy because you have merit…If you’re going to criticize the meritocracy as an outgrowth of white supremacy, than you’re going to have to tear down the system…you’ve succeeded in.”

A baffled Malcolm Nance was also caught off guard about campaigns such as ‘Defund the police’, which implied that there would be none for the protection of black people.

But, the MSNBC journalist defended it by claiming that the terminologies have been hacked by the right ecosystem to give it a bad name. He then went on to make personal attacks against Shapiro, after being left with nothing to defend. While the conservative host of ‘The Daily Wire’ slam-dunked Nance during the debate, the liberal stooges on Twitter claimed moral victory for the MSNBC journalist.

Indian Women’s Press Corps asked to vacate govt house after expiry of accommodation, over ₹30 lakh in rent remains unpaid

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Indian Women’s Press Corps asked to vacate govt house after expiry of accommodation, over ₹30 lakh in rent remains unpaid

As per an order issued on August 5, 2021, the Government of India has cancelled the allotment of Government accommodation to the President of Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC). The government house has been used as the office of the IWPC. The order states that the accommodation has been cancelled as the tenure of the allotment of the house had expired in January this year.

The accommodation that was allotted to the IWPC is a 6B house type located at Windsor Place in New Delhi. It was allotted on May 13, 1994, and the allotment expired on January 6, 2021, which means the allottee has already overstayed in the premises by over eight months. The allotment was extended by three years in 2018. According to official sources, if the due amount is paid, the allotment may be extended further.

Source: Twitter

The order stated that in case the allottee fails to hand over the possession of the accommodation to the authorities immediately, necessary action would be taken to evict the allottee under the Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorised occupants) Act, 1971. The allottee is also responsible for clearing all the dues before leaving the premises, and the account would not be settled without obtaining a “No Demand Certificate” from the authorities.

IWPC owns Rs.30.30 lakh in rent

According to a report published in The Hindu on August 4, 2021, IWPC is among the allottees of govt houses who have not paid a substantial amount of rent to the New Delhi Municipal Council. Dr Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe had asked the Urban and Housing Ministry in Rajya Sabha for details of accommodation allotted to social organisations and Non Governmental Organisations on rent or leased within the limits of New Delhi. Hardeep Singh Puri, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, said that nine NGOs, trusts, memorials and social organisations have such accommodations allotted hand they have Rs.1.40 crore in dues as of June 30.

Source: Rajya Sabha

In a written reply, Puri said, “Space has been allotted to 9 NGOs/Trusts/Memorials/Social Organisation within the limits of New Delhi Municipal Council as per list enclosed. The payment of rent is regularly monitored through the website of the Directorate of Estates. As of 30.06.2021, a sum of ₹3,79,48,957/- has been received from these organisations from the date of their allotments. Notices have been issued to the organisations whose rents are due.”

Source: Rajya Sabha

IWPC that received eviction notice owns Rs.30.30 lakhs as of June 30, 2021. Other organisations that are using government accommodation and have pending rent including Mahila Dakshata Samiti (Rs.64.76 lakhs), Fakhruddin Ali Memorial Committee (Rs.32.80 lakhs), Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (Rs.11.06 lakhs), The Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation (Rs.1.50 lakhs) and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial (Rs.18,440).

IWPC says they received notice for the first time

Vineeta Pandey, President, IWPC, was quoted by The Hindu saying, “This is the first time we have been informed of any dues. We will check with the department concerned and clear the same immediately.”

NCW India directs UP Police to register FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

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NCW India directs UP Police to register FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the DGP of Uttar Pradesh to register an FIR under relevant sections against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. The direction came after videos of his alleged speech went viral on Twitter.

Source: @NCWIndia/Twitter

NCW India cited a video shared by Vinod Kapri on the basis of which it concluded that Yati Narsinghanand had made “inappropriate remarks for Women and using indecent words”. Vinod Kapri had tagged NCW in his tweet.

There have been assassination attempts on Yati Narsinghanand’s life in recent times. On June 2, sevadaars of Dasna Mandir, Ghaziabad, caught two men identified as Vipul Vijayvargi and Kashif on suspicion of carrying out assassination attempt on Mahant Yati Narsinghanand. Yati Narsinghananad Saraswati said in a tweet, “Two more pigs were caught today who came to murder me. It is not that easy to kill me.”

Anil Yadav, a close aide of Dasna Priest, filed a complaint with the Police. Superintendent of Police Dr Iraj Raja said that both the suspects had been arrested. On May 17, Delhi Police uncovered an assassination plot against Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsighanand Saraswati with the arrest of a 24-year-old Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorist Mohd. Dar alias Jehangir from Delhi’s Paharganj area.

Virat Kohli fans hurl vile sexist abuse at social media user for mocking him while drawing comparison with Neeraj Chopra

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Virat Kohli fans hurl vile sexist abuse at social media user for mocking him while drawing comparison with Neeraj Chopra

On Saturday, purported fans of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli abused a Twitter user and passed vulgar comments over her satirical post on the cricketer.

A social media user- Kr!T!kA (@kakthiyawadi07), posted an image on her Twitter timeline on Saturday that compared the Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli. In her satirical post, Kr!T!kA compared the two sportsmen by posting similar images of the two side by side to take a dig at the Indian cricket captain.

On the left of the image, just above Neeraj Chopra’s image, she referred to the athlete by his name “Neeraj” while referring to Virat Kohli as “Nirlaj” or shameless.

After tweeting the post, she clarified that it was just a fun tweet and urged the users not to freak out.

The purported fans of Virat Kohli stormed onto her timeline to abuse her. Several abusive and vile tweets were targeted at Kr!T!kA for taking a dig at Virat Kohli.

Image Source: @tiredcskfan
Image Source: @tiredcskfan

Some fans of Virat Kohli even referred to her as a prostitute and made sexist remarks against her.

Some fans resorted to the worst forms of online sexual harassment against the social media user.

Another user took it to the next level by even involving Kr!T!kA’s parents as they dragged her family members for the tweet that had nothing to do with them.

Well, this is not the first time that Virat Kohli’s fans have lost their cool on the internet and resorted to hurling abuses at other cricketers and their fans.

Just a few months ago, New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson had faced the wrath of Virat Kohli fans on social media after he had dismissed Team India skipper in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in Southampton. Jamieson had trapped Kohli lbw during India’s first innings on Day 3 of the ongoing summit clash to help New Zealand bundle out India cheaply.

Several Kohli fans had abused Jamieson on his Instagram posts after he dismissed Kohli on 44 off 132 balls. While some fans urged Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to cancel his IPL contract, others resorted to abuse him.

One comment called him a “f****** drunk player”, while other users directed offensive curse words against his mother and sister. “Your mother’s v***** should be split wide”, “your sister’s v***** should be cut and fed to dogs” were some of the abuses thrown at his Instagram posts. There were posts containing rape threats.

Image Source: Twitter

Following the embarrassment caused by Virat Kohli’s fans, several Indians had stepped in to issue apologies for the abuses hurled at him and his family.

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