RGV threatens to file counter FIR after landing in trouble for Sunny Leone tweet

Ram Gopal Varma threatens to file counter FIR after landing in trouble for Sunny Leone tweet

Ram Gopal Varma

Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who has landed in trouble after a female activist filed police complaint against him for his controversial tweet on Women's Day, has threatened to file a counter FIR.

Here's what RGV tweeted:

A Goa-based female activist approached the police with a complaint against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, over "an offensive tweet, thereby outraging a woman's modesty."

On the eve of International Women's Day, Ram Gopal Varma created a storm of sorts on Twitter with his tweet, "I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives (sic)."

He faced a lot of flak on Twitter for his sexist comment.

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In a written complain to Goa police, Vishakha Mhambrey has alleged Varma's comment to be anti-women, and one that was made "with malicious intent, and to gain cheap popularity. He has insulted women's prestige in the society, which is a cognisable offence."

In her complaint Vishakha further added that the said tweet amounts to an offence under the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act. Since the comment was shared on Twitter, a public platform, she argued, there was a case to be made against the director by the cyber crimes' cell as well. She has also asked for Varma's twitter account to be permanently blocked.

Veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini has reacted to the controversy. This is what she has to say:

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(With inputs from Suraj Ojha)