Divyanka Tripathi stars in TV show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. (Image courtesy: Divyanka Tripathi )
Highlights
- Divyanka urged PM Modi to take strict action against the rapist
- We have faith in you, please do something, she tweeted
- We live in fear and criminals live fearlessly, Divyanka added
TV star Divyanka Tripathi has posted a series of emotional tweets condemning the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Chandigarh and addressed a couple of the posts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take strict action against the rapist. The
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein actress invoked PM Modi's Swacch Bharat campaign and asked him to rid India of the 'filth of rapists.' She wrote: "I never prayed for a son but now I'm afraid to have a daughter. What will I tell her? Why did I bring to her living hell?" In a separate tweet addressed to PM Modi, Divyanka Tripathi added: "Punish these violators in a way that it becomes a lesson to those who think about committing such a crime. We have faith in you, please do something."
In a reply to a fan, who said that 'education begins at home,' Divyanka wrote: "We live in fear and criminals live fearlessly. I can teach my daughter great values but in such a scenario can't promise her a free life." She added: "Post Independence Day celebrations, we are more in need of #WomanFreedomFight."
Divyanka Tripathi's tweets were prompted by the rape of the class 8 student who took a short-cut home after Independence Day celebrations at her school in Chandigarh and was raped by an unknown man, armed with a knife, on Tuesday.
Divyanka Tripathi currently headlines the cast of television show
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. She has earlier stared in shows like
Banoo Main Teri Dulhann and
Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story.
Divyanka is married to television actor Vivek Dahiya, who has a recurring role in
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.