"How dare you": Mother of 'shamed' man attacks Virat-Anushka

By Mudit Bhatnagar

Jun 18, 2018

03:42 pm

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What's the story

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have been slammed by the mother of Arhhan Singh, the man they shamed on the Internet for littering on streets a couple of days back.

In an elongated Instagram post, his mother Gittanjali Elizabeth called the couple's act a "cheap stunt in the name of cleanliness."

She also wrote that she is now concerned for her son's safety.

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Gittanjali also accused them of violating his son's privacy

Gittanjali went on a rant against Virushka in her post and called them out for "violating basic rights to privacy".

"You may be #AnushkaSharma or #viraatkohli in your house or on screen & the field...but on the streets you are just a citizen trying to correct another... DO IT WITH KINDNESS ....fear karma," she wrote.

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Take a look at her complete post

@anushkasharma @virat.kohli The last thing we would want is to get publicity out of your cheap STUNT in the name of CLEANLINESS! You both posted a video for your fans n followers by VIOLATING Basic Rights to privacy &you shamed my son in the video as well in your post content you both may be who you are in your fields, with millions of followers & all the PR backing you... you may be payed for your campaigning or maybe doing it for sheer publicity As a mother,I would like to state that you have not only shamed my son @arhhansingh on social media by not blurring his face, but youve also exposed him to unwanted hostility.... and danger from fanatics for such a small thing that you claim he has done but have no proof of anyways ? I am concerned about my sons SAFTEY !!! how dare you crush somebody’s image/and morale and reputation and expose him to public hate, a boy who is on the verge of starting his ventures, ..just to prove what good citizens you both are to increase your fan following ?How dare you?? If you both really cared or bothered about cleanliness , then you would actively do something about all the garbage in your own lane.. you would make a noise and use your VOICE to urge the municipal authorities to take action atleast in the lane where you live,to start with, which you haven’t . Posting videos of fake bravado just to fool your followers. If your intention was genuine then you would pull over and politely correct the person for littering IF THEY DID in a decent and real manner... and not by displaying such a rude and arrogant attitude, and then posting it for the world to see! You have caused a lot of grief with your post & this is morally and humanitarianly very wrong. You may be #AnushkaSharma or #viraatkohli in your house or on screen & the field...but on the streets you are just a citizen trying to correct another... DO IT WITH KINDNESS ....fear karma . And just FYI , he did not react badly, not coz of who you both are.. we couldnt care less,but only because he has a decent upbringing ! Unlike people like you, who seem to think that you are the empowered ones to talk and treat people as you wish !

A post shared by gittanjali.elizabeth on Jun 16, 2018 at 12:19pm PDT

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Arhhan too took a stand against Virat-Anushka

After being subjected to heavy online backlash, Arhhan yesterday took to Instagram to raise his voice against Virat and Anushka.

"While I'm apologetic for my carelessness, Mrs Anushka Sharma Kohli, a little etiquette and politeness in your dialogue wouldn't have made you a lesser star," he wrote.

He also called Virat a trashy mind for recording the entire episode and posting it online.

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Here's what Arhhan had written

Disclaimer: i have no desire to gain any mileage from this post of mine... Horrible! So I happened to carelessly Litter a sq mm of plastic while driving ! A car passing by rolls their window down and there we have our wonderful @anushkasharma ranting and yelling like a crazy roadside person! While I’m apologetic for my carelessness , Mrs Anushka Sharma Kohli a little etiquette and politeness in ur dialogue wouldn’t have made u a lesser star !! There are all kinds of manners and hygiene .. verbal etiquette is one of them ! The garbage that mistakenly went out of the window of my "luxury car"... Was way less then the garbage that came out from your mouth... From ur "luxury car's" window... Or the trashy mind @virat.kohli to shoot and post this online... For whatever gains... Now thats some serious trash!!!

A post shared by arhhansingh on Jun 16, 2018 at 7:05am PDT

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The Internet stands divided over Virushka's actions

On Twitter, people have mixed views on the couple's act. While some supported them for being considerate towards the environment, others said that they did not need to put up the video on social media.