The 16-year-old boy was arrested from Kutch, Gujarat by police.
Dhoni, former India captain, and his family members including his daughter received death and rape threats after CSK lost a close match to Kolkata Knight Riders in a match on October 7 in the ongoing IPL 2020. Screenshots of abuses were shared on social media by multiple users and even former cricketers condemned this shameful behavior from irate fans.
On Sunday, Gujarat police arrested a 16-year-old boy, who studies in the 12th standard and admitted to sending the threatening messages, from the Kutch region.
IPL 2020: Gujarat Police arrests 16-year-old boy from Kutch for threatening MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva
"The class 12 student from Namna Kapaya village was detained for questioning in connection with a disgusting threat message that was posted on the Instagram account of Dhoni's wife Sakshi Dhoni a few days back," Kutch (West) superintendent of police Saurabh Singh told reporters.
"We detained him for questioning after Ranchi police informed us that the accused hails from Mundra in Kutch district. We have confirmed that the boy is the same who had posted the message. He will be handed over to Ranchi police as the FIR was lodged in that city," the SP said.
After the 16-year-old's confessions, he will be taken into custody by the Ranchi police.
The arrest led to Delhi Capitals’ spinner R Ashwin saying that it was time to stop such menaces from happening again. He quoted a tweet from actor R Madhavan, who praised the police for their good job.
He tweeted, “????????????????.. Time to set these arm chair monsters straight.”