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After receiving abusive messages and death threats aimed at his children, director Rahul Ravindran announced he is leaving X. "I wanted to track this guy down," he admitted before deciding to quit the platform, saying the incident finally convinced him, "I am done with this app."

Director Rahul Ravindran recently announced that he is deleting X (formerly Twitter) from his phone after receiving abusive messages and death threats targeting his children amid the controversy surrounding his film The Girlfriend. The backlash escalated after several social media users linked the film to the Pune murder case, in which 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal was allegedly pushed off a cliff at Lohagad Fort by his fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her alleged boyfriend, Chetan Chaudhary.

Rahul Ravindran Quits X After Death Threats Against His Kids

As the online debate intensified, Rahul and his family became targets of personal attacks on social media. On June 30, the director wrote, “I was sitting and watching the Brazil v Japan game. I wanted to check a football-related Twitter account about something, and I opened this app. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of checking my notifications too. And I came across this tweet. I wish I hadn’t."

Describing his emotional reaction, he added, "I kept staring at it for a long time. I kept filling up with rage. I wanted to track this guy down and do unspeakable things to him. The urge was very real. I was, involuntarily, vividly imagining scenarios in my head."