The actor told Mumbai Police his personal details were leaked online after he clashed with users over the Election Commission's voter-roll revision drive.
Ranvir Shorey has gone to the police. The actor confirmed on X on Tuesday that he's filed an official complaint with Mumbai Police over alleged death threats that followed a string of heated online exchanges rooted in politics, not film promotion.
"Official complaint has been filed. Now it's over to @MumbaiPolice. Thanks to everyone who has shown concern," Shorey wrote.
The trouble, as Shorey has described it on social media, started after his personal information was allegedly leaked online. He'd earlier thanked Mumbai Police for reaching out to him once that happened, and said the threats arrived soon after. He hasn't detailed what was exposed or named anyone directly, and the claims haven't been independently verified beyond his own posts.
What's driving the heat is the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, an online political outfit that's been agitating for days demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar step down. Their protests in Delhi hit the fourth day on October 13, with the youth-led group arguing that the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has quietly stripped millions of people of their right to vote. The Election Commission and the BJP have both pushed back, rejecting any suggestion of manipulation in the exercise.
The standoff has already pulled in the law once this month. On October 10, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were detained as they landed in Delhi for a planned protest at Jantar Mantar. Police rounded up several other demonstrators too, as security was tightened around the area. The trio walked free the next day, reportedly on an understanding that they'd keep the peace for a year. That hasn't stopped Dipke from saying the agitation continues.
The Supreme Court weighed in over the weekend during a special hearing, reportedly noting that protesters shouldn't be detained and that public transport in the capital should get back to normal.
Where Shorey fits into all this isn't about the electoral mechanics. It's about what happens when a known face wades into a live political fight on a platform that rewards pile-ons. Shorey has been vocal online about his views on the SIR protests, and that appears to have triggered the exchanges that led, by his account, to threats serious enough to go to the police.
No arrests have been announced in connection with Shorey's complaint, and Mumbai Police haven't issued a public statement on it beyond the contact he says they made with him earlier. Whether the complaint leads to any formal action, or whether it's folded into the broader churn around the CJP protests, is still open. For now, it sits with Mumbai Police, exactly where Shorey said he'd leave it.
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