Dangal actor Zaira Wasim who has faced online trolling got threatened in real life on Friday. ANI posted pictures showing masked men holding posters with her face alongside Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. The poster carries ominous warning: “Justice with you. IS to kill you.” Zaira, who portrayed the young Geeta Phogat in the recently released movie 'Dangal', issued an apology for 'offending' and 'unintentionally hurting' the people after she met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and was subsequently trolled on Twitter. She later deleted her post.

Jammu & Kashmir: Protest against Dangal actress Zaira Wasim in Srinagar pic.twitter.com/BsaN2sjLsh — ANI (@ANI_news) January 20, 2017

Since then, many celebrities including Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who essayed the role of Zaira's father in the movie, and political leaders, like Omar Abdullah, have come out in her support

Earlier on Friday, Dangal actress Zaira Wasim has rejected Sports Minister Vijay Goel's comparison of a burkha clad woman's painting to her, saying she should not be connected with such a "discourteous depiction". Goel in a tweet had posted a painting from an exhibition which was a portrait of a woman in burkha and he wrote, "This painting tells a story similar to @zairawasim. Our girls are breaking out from cages and moving ahead. More power to our daughters!"

His post, however, did not go down well with Zaira, whose recent meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had kicked up a storm.

Reacting to Goel's post, the Kashmir teen today tweeted, "@VijayGoelBJP Sir, with all respect to you, I feel I must disagree. I request you not to connect me to such a discourteous depiction.

She further posted that women in "hijab are beautiful and free".

"@VijayGoelBJP Moreover, the story depicted through this painting is not even remotely relevant to mine." Goel was quick to defend his tweet and in his reply to Zaira, he wrote, "You have interpreted wrong. I appreciated your work and stated that evil and patriarchal notions must be discouraged.

He added, "I'm afraid you still haven't understood. But I wish you all the very best and appreciate your work. Hope to meet & interact too."