Ankita’s Fiancé Vicky Facing Brutal Hatred Online

Sushant Singh Rajput decided to take his own life on the 14th of June. Naturally, his sudden demise left his friends, family members and fans in utter dismay. With nowhere else to vent their grief, that soon turned into anger, a plethora of those impacted by the Dil Bechara actor’s death turned to social media to express their views and opinions. Unwarranted accusations on celebrities like Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt to his alleged ladylove Rhea Chakroborty began to make it to top Twitter trends and of course, click bait headlines. Fingers were pointed at anyone and everyone who could have possibly had a hand in the deterioration of SSR’s mental health. The latest to be targeted? Sushant’s ex, Ankita Lokhande’s fiancé Vicky Jain. 

It’s no secret that Sushant and Ankita were a huge hit as a couple. They met on the sets of the popular TV show Pavitra Rishta and soon fell head over heels in love with each other. Their courtship lasted for 6 long years, after which Indian TV’s favourite duo decided to call it quits and moved on with their lives gracefully. While Sushant diverted his focus to his work and allegedly began to date Rhea a few years later, Ankita admitted to have fallen in love with Vicky in January 2019. She had revealed to TOI, “He is a very nice guy. He is a businessman from Bilaspur. Yes, I am in love and you will get to know more about it when the time is right.”

Though Sushant and Ankita had visibly and intentionally changed the course of their lives, fans of the former couple chose to discard their claims of having moved on from each other and still considered them the ‘It’ couple – ‘made for each other’. After news of Sushant’s passing took the internet by storm and a distraught Ankita was photographed outside his home, it only consolidated their belief in the fact that the two still had feelings for each other. 

Let’s respect Ankita’s existing relationship, shall we? 

For no fault of his own, Vicky is suddenly the newest punching bag for grieving fans and followers of Sushant and Ankita, alike. Recently, netizens had been flooding Vicky’s Instagram comments with hate messages like, “You don’t deserve Ankita!” and “Sushant would be alive if he was with Ankita and not you.” Owing to the excessive and brutal online lynching, Vicky has now been forced to limit his Insta comments to keep all the negativity at bay. 

Part of why Vicky is having to face the brunt end of things is because of SSR and Ankita’s common friend Sandip Singh’s Instagram post, which spoke about how Ankita was the ‘only one’ who could have saved him. Unearthing the past and by default revisiting old wounds, Singh also mentioned how Ankita was always the ideal woman for Sushant. Only obvious, his words were like adding fuel to the fire.

One can only imagine how emotionally taxing this would be for both Ankita and her current partner Vicky. While grief and anger is justified, it is important to note that its direction isn't baseless and destructive to another’s life. May we remember Sushant fondly and peacefully.