Alia Bhatt’s sister Shaheen Bhatt took to her Instagram story to expose a series of rape and death threats she and her family, including the actress have been receiving. Sharing the screenshots of the direct messages in her Instagram account, the actress’s sister wrote, “Does this surprise you? Why? This doesn’t surprise me."Highlighting further the security of women in India, Shaheen also confirmed to take legal action against the online users behind the hate messages.
Addressing the online bullies, Shaheen wrote that she will not protect their identities and will resort to any "legal recourse available" to take action. "Every sh**ty message you send me will - should I choose to - go up for everyone to see. Abusers are emboldened by their anonymity. I will not help hide you. I will use all legal recourse available to me to take action. If you think you can't be located because your account is anonymous, please think again - IP addresses are easily trackable. You are not invisible. Harassment is a crime."
Shaheen Bhatt, her filmmaker father Mahesh Bhatt and their family have been trolled massively over few weeks for encouraging nepotism in the industry. Last week, Shaheen's sister and actress Pooja Bhatt talked about nepotism and how the Bhatts have always introduced new talent in the industry in a series of tweets. Earlier, Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor also slammed photo sharing platform Instagram for not censoring a vile comment aimed at her sister Rhea Kapoor. Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt are the daughters of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan.