Man Arrested for Giving Rape & Life Threats to Urfi Javed

Mumbai: A man was arrested for giving rape and life threats to the Social Media influencer Urfi Javed.

The accused was identified as Naveen Giri. The Goregaon Police took the accused under its custody under an FIR registered u/s 354(A) (sexual harassment), 354(D) (stalking), 509, 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC as well as the IT Act.

Earlier, author Chetan Bhagat had given a controversial statement against Urfi Javed at a literary event.

“Phone has been a great distraction for the youth, especially the boys, spending hours just watching Instagram Reels. Everyone knows who Urfi Javed is. What will you do with her photos? Is it coming in your exams or you will go for a job interview and tell the interviewer that you know all her outfits?” Bhagat said.

“On one side, there is a youth who is protecting our nation at Kargil and on another side, we have another youth who is seeing Urfi Javed’s photos hiding in their blankets,” he added.

Urfi took to her Instagram handle and wrote, “Men like him will always blame the women than accept their own shortcomings. Stop promoting rape culture you sickos out there. Blaming women’s clothes for the behaviour of men is so 80s Mr Chetan Bhagat”.