MP: Folk singer booked over cartoon on Sidhi urination incident
Bhopal/Indore, Jul 7: Popular folk singer and writer Neha Rathore was booked on Friday for allegedly posting a cartoon on Twitter on the urination incident in Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.
Rathore has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), on the complaint of Madhya Pradesh BJP SC Cell media in charge Suraj Khare, said Habibganj police station in-charge Manish Raj Bhadoria.
Khare said Rathore, who gained popularity from her song 'UP me ka ba', had posted a cartoon showing a man in a saffron outfit urinating on a man.
In Indore, an FIR was lodged during the day against tribal leader Lokesh Mujalda and journalist Abhishekh A on the complaint of RSS activist Surendra Singh Alawa for sharing social media posts containing cartoons against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the backdrop of the urination incident, police said.
The cartoon, shared on Facebook and Twitter, showed a person in RSS uniform in an allegedly objectionable manner as per the complainant, a police official said.
They have been charged under Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of public peace), 505 (ii) (statements conducing to different classes) of the Indian Penal Code as well as provisions of the Information Technology Act, an official said.
Santosh Singh, in-charge of MG Road police station, said action would be taken after a probe.
After the FIR was lodged, journalist Abhishek tweeted, "Friends, I shared a cartoon about the Sidhi incident. The cartoon has hurt the sentiments of some friends. Therefore, the cartoon has been deleted and I apologize. I have no intention of hurting anyone."
Meanwhile, BJP's Legal Cell's Indore unit convener Nimesh Pathak said they have lodged a complaint against folk singer Neha Singh Rathore at the Choti Gwaltoli police station in the city.
Pathak alleged Rathore had shared an objectionable cartoon on Twitter but added that police were yet to register a case on their complaint.
A man identified as Pravesh Shukla was arrested after a video of him urinating on a tribal youth went viral on social media on Tuesday.
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Man accused of rape-murder of 5-year-old lynched to death in Bengal; Girl’s body found in pond
Alipurduar: A 40-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by agitated locals in Alipurduar district located in West Bengal on Friday evening. Later, another man surrendered before the police claiming he was also involved in the crime, and was subsequently arrested.
The girl went missing on Friday evening. When her family began searching for the girl, they learned that she had last been seen with Mona Roy, as reported by the Indian Express.
The police said that the girl’s body was found floating in a local pond. They added that the locals caught Roy and took him to his residence where they allegedly noticed blood on the bed. Enraged by this, they tied Roy to a tree and started assaulting him.
Roy was beaten to death before the local police could reach the spot.
When the police arrived at the scene, angry locals prevented them from moving the two bodies. Eventually, a large team of police personnel was sent to the location. After two hours, they were able to remove the bodies from the area.
The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, a man named Bhakta Roy approached the police, claiming that he was involved in the crime and feared for his safety from the angry mob. He was subsequently arrested.
Y. Raghuvanshi, Superintendent of Police, Alipurduar, asserted it is a heinous crime, adding that they have started a detailed investigation in connection to the incident.
