Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma other celebs urge citizens to report domestic abuse amid lockdown
Since PM Modi announced nation-wide lockdown to curb the outspread of coronavirus, police have seen a sharp rise in domestic violence. There have been reports claiming that it’s just not in India rather throughout the world. In the report, they also stated that people facing physical assault are not able to file a complaint or not even able to report it as they are locked with them. And those who are reporting the crime are either calling the police from their bathroom or emailing or dropping a text.
So, to motivate people celebs like Karan Johar, Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Madhuri Dixit Nene, among others have come together to ask the citizens of India to report the domestic violence cases.
In the video shared by the celebs we can see they start by saying, “During the lockdown, there’s been a sharp increase in the domestic violence cases. Now is the time to stand up against this violence. To all the men and women we say, now is the time to stand up and break your silence. If you are a witness to domestic violence in your home, please report it. If you are witness to domestic violence in your neighbourhood report it. If you are a survivor of this report it now. Let’s put a lockdown on domestic violence.”
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If you have been a victim, witness or a survivor of the domestic violence, please report. 🙏🏼#LockdownOnDomesticViolence #Dial100 @CMOMaharashtra @DGPMaharashtra @AUThackeray @aksharacentre pic.twitter.com/WVYNcVs6x3
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 19, 2020
Karan Johar shared the video and captioned it as, “I express my gratitude to the honourable Chief Minister @UddhavThackeray for this critical initiative! The cases of domestic violence have been rising rapidly across the country, and now is the time to stand up against it! #LockdownOnDomesticViolence #Dial100 @cmoMaharashtra”
I express my gratitude to the honorable Chief Minister @UddhavThackeray for this critical initiative! The cases of domestic violence have been rising rapidly across the country, and now is the time to stand up against it! #LockdownOnDomesticViolence #Dial100 @cmoMaharashtra pic.twitter.com/NPiw9UIxnx
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) April 19, 2020
While from the cricket fraternity we have Ajinkya Rahane who also shared the video and captioned it as, “ Domestic violence is a serious issue. Privileged to be a part of this campaign to raise awareness about it. Help is always available to those in need and only a #Dial100 away. Let’s put a #LockdownOnDomesticViolence. @CMOMaharashtra @DGPMaharashtra @AUThackeray @aksharacentre”
Domestic violence is a serious issue. Privileged to be a part of this campaign to raise awareness about it.
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) April 19, 2020
Help is always available to those in need and only a #Dial100 away.
Let’s put a #LockdownOnDomesticViolence. @CMOMaharashtra @DGPMaharashtra @AUThackeray @aksharacentre pic.twitter.com/lJXGcje4sv
Here, have a look at what other celebs have to say:
Pandemic or lockdown..domestic violence is something no one should ever face! In such times when we are fighting a global pandemic, if u know anyone dealing with domestic violence or if you are the one facing it, we would urge u to take help. #Dial100 #LockdownOnDomesticViolence pic.twitter.com/d9E04nLzsM
— Shreyas Talpade (@shreyastalpade1) April 19, 2020
It's so disappointing to see a rise in the cases of domestic violence when we're fighting with a pandemic. Let's all put a #LockdownOnDomesticViolence and #Dial100 if we're aware of any such thing happening around us. Now is the time when we all need each other the most! pic.twitter.com/ryQYkvsnSl
— Madhuri Dixit Nene (@MadhuriDixit) April 19, 2020
Meanwhile, talking about Coronavirus, India has reported 17,615 cases among which 559 have died, 2,854 people have been cured while 14,202 are still battling for their lives with the deadly virus.
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First published: 20 April 2020, 14:19 IST