Anupriya lodges complaint on 'fake' Twitter handles

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 06 2016 | 10:02 PM IST
Minister of State for Health and Family Planning, Anupriya Patel, today lodged a complaint with Delhi Police, hours after a tweet by a purported fake handle in her name targeting people from a community was trolled on the micro-blogging site.
Patel, who became the youngest minister to be inducted in the Cabinet after a reshuffle yesterday, wrote a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma, specifically mentioning about a controversial tweet by a handle named @Anupriya_Patel.
The controversial tweet targeting persons from the community was later deleted.
In her complaint, Patel (36), a first-time MP from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, told the Delhi Police chief, "There are several fake Twitter accounts active in my name, and I bring this to your notice that in future they might be used to tarnish my social and political image."
"My official Twitter handle is @AnupriyaSPatel. A handle named @Anupriya_Patel has posted an insulting tweet. A snapshot of the same has been attached with the complaint. Kindly investigate the matter at the earliest," the complaint read.
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First Published: Jul 06 2016 | 10:02 PM IST

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