Haryana Police files FIR against Badshah for ‘vulgar’ lyrics, scenes in latest track 'Tateeree'
Chandigarh (PTI): Haryana Police on Friday registered an FIR against rapper-musician Badshah based on a complaint lodged by a Panchkula resident, alleging the use of objectionable lyrics and visuals in his recently released Haryanvi music video, ‘Tateeree’.
The FIR was registered at the cybercrime police station in Panchkula under sections 3 and 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, and BNS Section 296 (obscene acts and songs).
The Panchkula resident had lodged the complaint seeking action against “objectionable lyrics and scenes” in the music video ‘Tateeree’ released recently by Badshah.
The Haryana State Commission for Women has also taken cognisance of the song and issued a summons to the popular rapper.
The commission's chairperson, Renu Bhatia, said on Friday, “We have summoned Badshah on March 13. He should clarify why such lyrics and scenes were used in the song.”
According to the FIR filed by Haryana Police, the complainant said that recently a song/video titled ‘Tateeree’ was released on the official YouTube channel of singer Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, aka Badshah, which had gone viral.
The song contains some words and visuals which are highly offensive and send a wrong message to society, the complainant claimed, seeking strict action against Badshah as per the law.
The video shows girls in school uniform in a school-like environment called ‘Badshala’, a distortion of the term ‘pathshala’, the complainant alleged, according to the FIR.
It also flagged the alleged use of indecent and obscene lyrics by Badshah.
Showing a sacred environment like a school in this way will have a wrong effect on the minds of children and youth, and promote crime against girls, the complainant alleged.
A police officer in Panchkula said, “An FIR has been registered based on the complaint we received, and an investigation is underway.”
Haryana Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda said the government has taken cognisance of the music video and the alleged objectionable lyrics and scenes in it.
“The manner in which school girls are projected in the song is condemnable. Showing our culture in this manner is not acceptable. The government has taken strong cognisance of the matter,” Dhanda said.
Asked if permission was sought for showing a state transport bus in the video, the minister said, “Directions have been issued to find out to which depot the bus belonged. Action will be taken against its driver and conductor.”
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Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to 3-day police custody in 7th sexual exploitation case
Nashik (PTI): A court in Maharashtra's Nashik has remanded self-styled astrologer-cum-godman Ashok Kharat to police custody till April 29 in the seventh case of sexual exploitation registered against him.
Kharat, a former Merchant Navy officer arrested on March 18, is accused of sexually exploiting several women and indulging in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
In the seventh case, Kharat sexually exploited a married woman who had approached him in search of solutions to her family problems.
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The accused allegedly gave the woman something to drink, sexually assaulted her while her husband sat outside his office and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about it.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing into 12 cases of sexual exploitation and financial fraud registered against Kharat in Nashik and Ahilyanagar districts, on Sunday filed a request application in the court demanding his custody in the seventh case.
Kharat was produced in court for a virtual hearing in the seventh case on Monday.
The prosecution demanded six-day police custody for Kharat, citing the discovery of a locker in Kharat's house during the investigation, from which the police recovered two blank cheques and other documents, all of which have to be probed.
The court agreed to the prosecution's demand and remanded Kharat to three-day police custody till April 29 in the case.
Kharat has been at the centre of a political firestorm, as he was well-connected, and photographs of him with political leaders and other important members of society have been surfacing in mainstream and social media since his arrest.
