Social media abuse: Case filed against 9 over writer Honey Bhaskaran’s complaint

Dubai: Police have registered a case against nine people based on a complaint by expatriate writer Honey Bhaskaran, who alleged that she was abused on social media. The FIR was registered by the Thiruvananthapuram City Police. The case is against Facebook profiles named Madhu, Paul Freddy, Afsal Kasim, We Hate CPM, among others. The complaint states that photos taken from Honey Bhaskaran’s Facebook account were misused and circulated in a insulting manner on social media.

Honey Bhaskaran had earlier revealed that Rahul Mamkootathil, after chatting with her on social media, spoke ill about her to his friends. Following this, she has been subjected to severe abuse on social media, according to her complaint.

Honey had said that Rahul first messaged her asking about travel but later portrayed her as a woman pursuing him. She described this as “extremely obscene behaviour” in a post on her social media handle.

According to Honey, even women Congress workers had been preyed upon by Rahul. She alleged that he often assured women he had no other relationships, convincing them that his love was genuine.

Honey further accused Congress MP Shafi Parambil of being aware of Rahul’s “bad behaviour” but ignoring complaints against him. She said several complaints had reached him, yet no action was taken.