An anonymous Twitter handle which built up a wide following for its salacious gossip fell silent on Friday after a woman journalist complained to police over a series of sexually offensive posts.
Broadcaster and author Swati Chaturvedi said she had decided to take action against the @LutyensInsider account after it posted a series of slurs and accusations linking her to Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.
"I first laughed (at the posts) then tried to ignore them and finally decided I had to act against the disgusting slander" Ms Chaturvedi told AFP.
"The posts may have been hurriedly deleted but I am confident that the investigators will soon reveal the harasser's true identity" she added.
@LutyensInsider has around 40,000 followers making it one of the country's most popular Twitter accounts. But Ms Chaturvedi's decision to no longer put up with what she described as persistent "character assassination" was widely applauded by her colleagues on social media.
More power to @bainjal for a legal case against vicious slander. Most of us, women especially, seethe with rage & then dont follow through
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) June 10, 2015
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