Cricketer Debashish Mohanty alleges abusive trolling

Cuttack: Former fast bowler of India Debashish Mohanty today approached the Crime Branch of Odisha alleging abusive trolling against him and relatives on internet.

Mohanty, who represented India in two Test matches and nearly 50 one day internationals in the late 1990s, lodged a complaint with the cyber cell of the Crime Branch seeking immediate action and blocking of obscene posts on the internet.

Sources said abusive languages along with pictures of Mohanty and his wife were found posted on internet. Similar posts trolling other cricketers like Natraj Behera and Biplab Samantray were also found on different websites, informed sources.