Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri makes X account private amid trolling after India-Pakistan ceasefire

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has made his profile on the social media platform X private amid facing abusive messages and comments after he announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to stop all firing on Saturday.

Since May 7, Misri, along with Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, had been conducting press briefings to give updates about the Indian military’s strikes – codenamed Operation Sindoor – on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The strikes were in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 persons on April 22. The Pakistan Army retaliated by repeatedly shelling Indian villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

On Saturday, Misri announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to stop all firing at 5 pm. However, hours later, New Delhi said that Islamabad had repeatedly violated the agreement.

Since the announcement about the agreement between India and Pakistan, several social media users have reposted Misri’s old posts and have disclosed the contact details of him and his family members. Abusive messages were also directed at the foreign secretary’s daughter, with several users criticising her for providing legal aid to Rohingya refugees.

Stating that Misri is an “honest, hardworking diplomat”, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi expressed support for the foreign secretary...

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