Police have arrested a juvenile 16-year-old boy in connection with issuing online threats to the daughter of MS Dhoni, Ziva on social media after the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) loss against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Saturday. The authorities picked the boy from Mundra’s Namna Kapaya village in the Kutch region of Gujarat. He is a student of 12th standard and confessed to having issued rape threats, as per Kutch police. According to reports, he will be handed to the Ranchi police.

CSK players especially MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav were immensely abused on social media as their recent losses in the ongoing IPL 2020. And to everyone’s utter surprise, MS Dhoni’s five-year-old daughter Ziva was targeted by the trolls as well. The trolls gave threats of rape and physical violence to the little girl while venting their frustration over her father’s indifferent display on the field.

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The threats allegedly appeared on MS Dhoni and his wife Sakshi’s Instagram accounts. The police have acted swiftly after the unfortunate incident. Prior to arresting the boy, Ranchi police had decided to increase the security at MS Dhoni’s farmhouse in Ranchi.

Police said that besides increasing patrolling, some personnel in civil clothes have also been deployed near his farmhouse to keep a close watch on suspicious elements. With just two wins from their opening seven games, the MS Dhoni-led side is currently languishing at the seventh spot in the points table.

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The three-time champions will have to stage a remarkable turnaround to keep their playoffs alive. CSK has made it to the playoffs in all the ten seasons they have played so far. On Saturday, they suffered yet another close loss against RCB. Chasing 170, the Chennai-based outfit could only manage to score 132 for 8 in the allotted 20 overs.