Hansal Mehta wrote on his Twitter, "If you feel so strongly and if you are genuinely concerned please do your thing. Stop using a child's condemnable and heinous murder to draw attention to yourself. Stop using this tragedy to further your 'us' and 'them' agenda. Stop misusing this forum for your whataboutery."
If you feel so strongly and if you are genuinely concerned please do your thing. Stop using a child's condemnable and heinous murder to draw attention to yourself. Stop using this tragedy to further your 'us' and 'them' agenda. Stop misusing this forum for your whataboutery.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) June 8, 2019
To which Ashoke Pandit replied, "I am not drawing attention to myself but questioning those attention seekers who used Asifa’s brutal murder to create an atmosphere of fear so that they can prove their point of blaming the current regime of being intolerant. We will continue to expose these forces."
I am not drawing attention to myself but questioning those attention seekers who used Asifa’s brutal murder to create an atmosphere of fear so that they can prove their point of blaming the current regime of being intolerant. We will continue to expose these forces. https://t.co/4eF9Ib9YNz
— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) June 8, 2019
Check out their war of words in this Twitter thread:
Ashoke Pandit wrote, "#TwinkleSharma Hum Sharminda hai, tere rapist Zinda hai ! Where are your placards? @ReallySwara @AzmiShabana @humasqureshi @RichaChadha @IAmSudhirMishra @mehtahansal @nanditadas @anuragkashyap72 #TheAwardWapsiGang #TukdeTukdeGang"
#TwinkleSharma Hum Sharminda hai, tere rapist Zinda hai !
— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) June 6, 2019
Where are your placards?@ReallySwara @AzmiShabana @humasqureshi @RichaChadha @IAmSudhirMishra @mehtahansal @nanditadas @anuragkashyap72 #TheAwardWapsiGang #TukdeTukdeGang
Hansal Mehta said, "Dear Ashokeji, I condemn the heinous act in no uncertain terms. The rapist MUST be punished in the severest manner by the law of our country. I request you to also stop this name- calling, insinuation and unnecessary provocation. It is uncalled for especially at such times."
Also what is disturbing is that Ashokeji is the elected president of our director's association. As a member, colleague and as one who has respectful and cordial relations with him I feel sad that he continues to make these insinuations and calls me names like many trolls do.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) June 7, 2019
Meanwhile, Bollywood celebs like Akshay Kumar, Arjun Kapoor, Twinkle Khanna, Anupam Kher, Abhishek Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana among others took to social media to mourn and condemn the brutal murder of Twinkle Sharma.
Image Source: Twitter/mehtahansal/ashokepandit, thedigitalhash