The Chennai City Police have arrested and detained two people for harassing singer Chinmayi Sripada on Twitter, reports The Hindu. According to the report, the city police arrested a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) professor and have detained another person, working at the Tirupur Collectorate. The report also states that police is on the lookout for three more Twitter users. The twitter accounts mentioned in her complaint were - @senthilchn, @RajanLeaks, @asharavkay, @losongelesram, @vivajial and @thyirvadai. The singer had lodged a complaint on October 18, stating that few individuals on Twitter, the social networking site, were tweeting about her and her mother, and making vulgar remarks. About two years ago, few individuals tweeted to the singer regarding a fishermen's issue (related to Sri Lankan Tamils) to which she did not pay heed. Soon after, there were vulgar comments about many top leaders in the conversation threads. Another report (by NDTV) mentions that Sripada feared that the tweets could endanger her life. Following the complaint, a case was registered under section 66-A of the Information Technology Act and Section 4 of Prevention of Women Harassment Act. Police identified the individuals from their twitter handles and after tracing them via their IP addresses, arrested the individuals on Monday. Other developments: Previously, Chandigarh’s Henna Bakshi and Kamalpreet Singh were booked under the IT Act for posting abusive messages on the Union Territory traffic police’s Facebook page. Under the IT act, the charges levelled against her are non-bailable and she could be seen serving a jail time of three years. On August 15, Bakshi posted abusive comments on the Union Territory traffic…
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