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Bengali actor Pratyusha Paul receives rape threats and vulgar texts on Instagram, files complaint
Bengali actress Pratyusha Paul turned to the police for help after she received several rape threats and obscene messages on her social media account. Reportedly, the inappropriate messages were sent by one user. Initially, the actress ignored the messages and blocked the user. However, the suspect continued texting her from different new accounts. She was tagged on Instagram last Sunday morning after posting two more obscene pictures with the threat of rape.
The actress is mentally disturbed due to such incidents. She said, “The kind of message I received, it was as if I had been virtually raped. My picture has been superimposed on the porn site. Friends, my hairdresser has sent me the distorted pictures of mine which have been circulated to everyone! Even my mother has got rape threats, too. ”
The accused reportedly threatened to harm Pratyusha, her family members and friends as well. Unable to bear the trauma, Pratyusha decided to seek police help. The police has not arrested anyone in relation to the case. However, an email has been sent to Instagram regarding the complaint, seeking details of the sender.
Pratyusha had received threats even after being approached by the police. She is hopeful that police will find the accused soon. The actress went to Lalbazar (Kolkata Police Headquarter) on Sunday. The whole incident has been reported to the Instagram authorities on behalf of the police. The next step will be taken after receiving a reply from them, police said. Pratyusha is a popular actress in Kolkata. She started acting at the age of 16 only. She played the lead role in the serial ‘Esho Ma Lakshmi’ in Zee Bangla. Her impeccable performance is still etched in the minds of the audience. Pratyusha has acted in serials like ‘Tobu Mone Rekho’, ‘Guriya Jekhane Guddu Sekhane’. Her followers in the social media platforms are huge.
Last year, an obscene meme was made on social media of TV actress Ushasi Roy (popularly known as ‘Kadambini’). The actress had lodged a written complaint with the Kolkata police. The man who did that post was immediately identified by the police and the post was deleted. Ushashi said, “My humble request to the administration is to provide exemplary punishment to those who are doing these kind of things, so they have to think ten times before doing that again.”
Actress Swastika Dutta also made the same demand like Ushashi, as she had also received rape threats publicly at one point. Swastika had booked a car through an app to go for a shoot. She was harassed by the cab driver. The actress is still scared of travelling in a cab. Recently, yet another popular actress from Bengali television filed a police complaint against online trolls. Actress Shruti Das alleged that she has been facing harassment due to her skin tone for almost two years now. Shruti, who is originally from the town of Katwa in Nadia district some 150 km from Kolkata, shifted to the city some two years ago. The actress alleged that she has been subjected to racist comments ever since she made it to the small screen in 2019.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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