Sh.

Bhim Sain Bassi,

Commissioner of Police
Delhi Police Headquarters,
ITO, New Delhi-110002
Dear Sir,
BYHAND
September 13, 2015
Sub:i)Threattomylifeandliberty,criminalintimidationanddefamationsufferedby
meatthehandsofvariouspeopleonthewebsite'www.twitter.com'.
ii)Widespreadattemptstodisturbandprejudicereligiousharmonyandinsult
Christianitywiththemaliciousintentionofoutragingthereligiousbeliefsof
Christians.
1) I am a member of the National Integration Council (NIC)of India, Secretary- General
of the All India Christian Council and a past president of the All India Catholic Union. I
have subscribed to the website twitter.com and use the medium to communicate with
various people. I have been the subject of tremendous and vile abuse (both personal and
religious in nature) on twitter, from various miscreants for a long time now. I regularly
receive threats to my life and liberty and live under constant fear. Previously I made
complaints to the concerned authorities, however, no action has been taken till date.

2) This campaign of abuse is directed not only at me but at the Christian

community in general and there appears to be a deliberate and concerted attempt
to prejudice religious harmony and hurt the sentiments of the Christian
community and other Indians as well.

3) This campaign of vitriolic abuse, vilification and bigotry reached a crescendo

on 12th September, 2015, when a sudden, unprovoked and large scale attack on
me and the members of my community was launched on twitter by a large number
of people. I am emphasizing with great pain that the abuse in question was
directed not only at me but also the larger Christian Community. My personal
telephone number was posted on twitter and the world at large was invited to
threaten and abuse me on the phone. As soon as my number was released I began
receiving threatening and abusive phone calls. I am not able to use my mobile
phone now.

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4) The extent of abuse and threats faced by me can be gauged from the fact that within a
few hours 'shame on john dayal' started trending. As you are aware sir, a 'trend' indicates
that a large number of people are tweeting with the phrase which is trending.

5) Sir, as the screenshots attached by me will illustrate, I have been accused of

selling my mother and have been the recipient of vile cuss words. Handles like
@smartindianhere @tsukinorayko @vsreeniwas @sarcaism are a few out of
many who have shamelessly abused me. @abdullah_0mar's tweet claimed that I
endorse rape.

6) Direct threats of harm to my life and liberty have been made. People tweeting
from handles such as @ajaykamath1981 @dwivedi_ji12 tweeted saying that I
must die, with the latter tweeting that the person who shoots me will be a patriot.
People tweeting from the handles @damodarshenoy92 @kaandmasti
@joydeep1985 incited people to be violent with me.

7) Sir people tweeting from @prohindugirl @socialmediatbn @milind_singh

@munendradwivedi @jagobharathjago @revolutionmonk went a step ahead and
attacked my religion-Christianity. Previously, @abhijeetsinger who is a famous
bollywood singer had tweeted that I should be hanged along with Yakub Memon.
Another person using the handle @anandks666 tweeted a threat to commit
depraved crimes against my son and wife. I find it beyond my dignity to quote the
tweets in question and the screenshots of the same have been attached for your
convenience.

8) Sir, my reputation stands destroyed, my life is in danger. I live under fear for
my life and liberty and more alarmingly there is a conspiracy underway to destroy
religious harmony. A prima facie perusal of the tweets attached with this
complaint reveals the commission, inter alia, of offences under sections 153(A),
295 (A), 499, 503, 505 and 507 of the Indian Penal Code and other enactments.

9) By the means of this complaint, I implore you to act against these dangerous
people so that my life is protected and no further harm is caused to me or to
religious harmony in general and such criminals are brought to book.

Sincerely,
Dr. John Dayal

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