July 27 (AZINS) Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap filed a police complaint after a person issued a threat on Twitter, an official said on Saturday. In the now-deleted tweet, the user said that he had cleaned his rifle and shotgun and was waiting to point it at Kashyap.

The filmmaker instantly roped in Mumbai Police for action. They then wrote, "The cyber police station has been sent the account details. Request you to file a police complaint at the your nearest police station for legal action to be initiated." 

The official termed the tweet by the user as an "abusive one line general threat" and said Kashyap had lodged the complaint at Cyber police station of the Mumbai Crime Branch. "The threat was made on Thursday. We have started a probe," he said.

Kashyap was among the film personalities who, on July 23, released a letter for Prime Minister Narendra Modi over mob violence and incidents of lynching. The letter contended that the slogan "Jai Shri Ram" had become a "provocative war cry" that was leading to law and order problems.