Swaraj Kaushal, husband of foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, took on a Twitter troll who posted "beat her up"
NEW DELHI: The husband of foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has shown the mirror to a Twitter troll by retweeting the screenshot of an abusive post -- which the man had deleted -- that said the union minister should be thrashed.
"Friends, please see this," Swaraj Kaushal tweeted as he tackled the troll, whose Twitter profile mentions the name Mukesh Gupta with "IIT Delhi" in the handle.
In another tweet four hours later, Mr Kaushal posted a screenshot of the abusive tweet by Mukesh Gupta, who had by then deleted his post.
"when she comes home tonight why don't U beat her up & teach her not to do Muslim appeasment tell her Muslims will never ever vote for BJP," Mukesh Gupta posted, tagging both the foreign minister and her husband, a lawyer.
"who else can teach @SushmaSwaraj a lesson or two," said the troll whose profile says he's a B.Tech.
The attacks on social media on the couple were condemned by Twitter users, with several telling Mukesh Gupta to apologise. A Twitter user, Mehek, wrote: "And this dangerous mindset guy has studied in IIT. Even education can't cure such people."
The attack on Twitter comes five days after Ms Swaraj was abused on Twitter after passports were issued to an inter-faith couple from Uttar Pradesh. The woman had alleged an officer at the passport office had told the husband to change his religion.