Model and cousin of actor Ananya Panday, Alanna Panday, took to social media to reveal that she has been threatened by a woman with gang-rape after she posted a bikini picture on Instagram.
Taking to Instagram, Alanna, daughter fitness expert Deanne Panday and Chikki Panday, said the woman also tagged her mother and father in her comment. "I’ve had a women comment on my post saying I deserve to be gang-raped because I posted a picture in a bikini. She then tagged my mother and father in the comment to make sure that they saw it too," she wrote.
She said she blocked the person and deleted her comment. "I wish I had a screenshot but I was so shaken when I saw it I blocked her immediately and Instagram deleted the comment."
Sharing the post, she wrote that reading such comments have become normal to her. "This happened months ago, I wish I had spoken about it sooner, but waking up and reading things like this just became normal to me-it’s an everyday part of my life. Here’s 1% of what I have to wake up and read everyday."
Many of her followers, including Bollywood celebrities Lara Dutta and Bipasha Basu commented in support of her. " It’s your life ... your choice. No one in the world can dictate,what one should do. It’s sad and unfortunate that ppl use social media which was made to communicate and connect humanity.... now it’s used as a weapon of inhuman hatred. These ppl must be sad, pathetic, envious,
lacking respect for self and others . You shine on girl @alannapanday . Don’t let these cyber bullies bother you at all. Sending you love," Bipasha Basu reportedly wrote.
"This is the same person who sent me messages saying I am bringing up my daughter in the wrong way and I should be ashamed .. that you are influenced by Bollywood so that’s why you wear less clothes.She also said you have no assets .. so you wear these clothes for attention.She said a lot more as it’s all on your previous Instagram post .. her nasty comments," commented Deanne Panday.