Web war

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta is being massively trolled for his “hope you get converted to Islam” advice to Bollywood colleague Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. On Friday morning, Vivek Agnihotri tweeted saying Delhi’s CAA protest area Shaheen Bagh has turned into an Islamist conversion centre and a hideout for criminals, where all kinds of illegal activities are being done. Sharing a news article, which reads that a kidnapped woman has been rescued from Shaheen Bagh where she was taken for religious conversion, filmmaker Agnihotri tweeted: “#ShaheenBagh has turned into an Islamist conversion centre and a hideout for all kinds of criminals like pickpockets, mobile thieves, drug-peddlers. All kinds of illegal activities are flourishing there. I wonder why Delhi citizens are tolerating this?”

Reacting to his tweet, Mehta accused Agnihotri of hate-mongering and advised that he should get converted into Islam and see what the religion actually stands for. Mehta tweeted: “Unfortunately twitter has become a haven for hate-mongering cowards like you. I sincerely hope you get converted to Islam and you get to understand what the religion really stands for. In fact I wish you’d first understand Hinduism so that you do not continue tarnishing it.” Soon after his tweet, Mehta started facing flak from Twitterati. — IANS