Prakash Raj issues legal notice to MP Pratap Simha for trolling
| Updated: Nov 24, 2017, 10:26 IST
Multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj has sent a defamation notice to BJP MP from Mysore Pratap Simha seeking an apology for "trolling" him on social media. Simha has allegedly made personal comments on Raj's tweet and Facebook post on October 2. The actor has said that he would sue the MP if he did not apologise to him within ten days.
Raj said, “People who are open to power are shamelessly trolling. I have sent him (Simha) a notice that he has to reply to my queries. I have questioned his act of trolling. I have asked him to answer legally, if he doesn’t I will be taking criminal action against him.” The notice was sent after Simha made scathing tweets in Kannada about the actor's personal life and he also made a comment on Raj's dead son and his wife. Simha's tweet was in retaliation to Raj's statement raising questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over those “celebrating” the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh here.
When asked whether such trolling affects him, Prakash said, "I am made of a different mettle. I will not get terrorised by these people. I have seen others being terrorised, I will be their voice. Don't ever say that there is Muslim or Hindu terrorism. There are several examples of people terrorising people."
Raj said, “People who are open to power are shamelessly trolling. I have sent him (Simha) a notice that he has to reply to my queries. I have questioned his act of trolling. I have asked him to answer legally, if he doesn’t I will be taking criminal action against him.” The notice was sent after Simha made scathing tweets in Kannada about the actor's personal life and he also made a comment on Raj's dead son and his wife. Simha's tweet was in retaliation to Raj's statement raising questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over those “celebrating” the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh here.
When asked whether such trolling affects him, Prakash said, "I am made of a different mettle. I will not get terrorised by these people. I have seen others being terrorised, I will be their voice. Don't ever say that there is Muslim or Hindu terrorism. There are several examples of people terrorising people."