Sachin Tendulkar with Arjun Tendulkar. (Express File Photo)
Sachin Tendulkar, on Wednesday, took to Twitter urging the social media giants to take action against a fake profile which was impersonating his son Arjun.
“I wish to clarify that my son Arjun & daughter Sara are not on Twitter. The account @jr_tendulkar is wrongfully impersonating Arjun and posting malicious tweets against personalities & institutions. Requesting @TwitterIndia to act on this as soon as possible.”
After Tendulkar’s reported the matter, Twitter was prompt in its action and suspended the account.
The fake account with the handle @jr_tendulkar used Arjun’s photograph as the profile picture. “Official. Left Arm Medium Pacer. Son of God,” read in the bio.
I wish to clarify that my son Arjun & daughter Sara are not on Twitter.
The account @jr_tendulkar is wrongfully impersonating Arjun and posting malicious tweets against personalities & institutions. Requesting @TwitterIndia to act on this as soon as possible.— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 27, 2019
Tendulkar’s response might resulted when a tweet was sent out from the handle which contained the hashtag, “#IamWithDevendra”, referring to the political drama unfolding in Maharashtra.
This may very well be the malicious tweet that Sachin may be talking about in his statement.
Reason for clarification 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/qyUuLlMoO1
— அன்பு💕💝 (@anbu2089) November 27, 2019
This is not the first instance when Tendulkar’s children have faced harrasment.
In January 2018, a 27-year-old man from East Midnapore district in West Bengal was arrested for allegedly harassing cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s daughter, Sara, over phone.
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