Overview
- On November 2 she received a flurry of WhatsApp video calls, phone calls, and messages over about 20 minutes demanding a column on the 1984 anti‑Sikh riots.
- The caller stated her Navi Mumbai address and threatened to send attackers and to kill her father if she refused, according to her police complaint.
- The messages came from an international number that, Ayyub says, used a profile photo of Lawrence Bishnoi and claimed Canadian residency; CPJ says the link to Bishnoi is unverified.
- Police deployed officers to her home and were recording her statement as the case was taken up by Kopar Khairane station in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.
- CPJ called the threats deeply concerning and urged swift accountability, noting Ayyub’s 2024 doxxing and prior harassment; The News Minute reports no FIR had been registered.