“Shame the Rapist Campaign” Activist’s Car Vandalised

An activist who started an online video campaign to shame rapists said on Friday that her car had been vandalised and she had received emails containing pornographic images.Sunitha Krishnan, co-founder of the anti-trafficking charity Prajwala, started the “Shame the Rapist Campaign” earlier this week by posting two videos on the Internet that showed men raping women.Just minutes after she announced the campaign on Indian television on Friday morning her car had its rear window smashed, she said.

“In 30 mins that I announced on NDTV #ShameTheRapistCampaign at 9.30 a.m. this morning, my vehicle (was) vandalized,” tweeted Krishnan, who lives and works in Hyderabad.

“If goons think they can intimidate me this way …take a long walk boss. I will report come what may,” she said in another tweet, along with a picture of her car’s damaged window.

Krishnan later said she had received around 20 emails containing pornographic images during the course of the day.On TV, police said they were investigating the attack on Krishnan’s car and that it was too early to confirm whether it was linked to the “Shame the Rapist Campaign”.

The activist, who works on rehabilitating victims of human trafficking, was informed on Thursday of the two graphic videos by an acquaintance who said he had received them through popular messaging application WhatsApp.

“I edited the videos, blurred the identity of the victims, but fully exposed the identity of the rapists,” Krishnan, who herself is a rape survivor, told Times Now news station.

“I posted it on Facebook and Twitter and started the ‘Shame the Rapist Campaign’ to trace and track these six rapists.”