Honey Singh Booked For 'Vulgar' Lyrics In His New Song
Pop singer Honey Singh and music producer Bhushan Kumar have been booked by Punjab police on the charge of using vulgar lyrics against women in their latest song.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Pop
singer
Honey
Singh
and
music
producer
Bhushan
Kumar
have
been
booked
by
Punjab
police
on
the
charge
of
using
vulgar
lyrics
against
women
in
their
latest
song.
The
rapper
has
been
booked
following
a
complaint
lodged
by
the
Punjab
State
Women
Commission
which
sought
action
against
him
for
allegedly
using
vulgar
lyrics
against
women
in
the
song.
The
case
has
been
registered
at
the
Mataur
police
station
in
Punjab's
Mohali
district.
Singh
has
been
booked
under
section
294
(punishment
for
obscene
song
and
acts)
and
section
509
(punishment
for
word,
gesture
or
act
intended
to
insult
the
modesty
of
a
woman)
of
the
IPC,
Mohali
Senior
Superintendent
of
Police
Harcharan
Singh
Bhullar
told
PTI.
He
has
also
been
charged
under
section
67
(punishment
for
publishing
or
transmitting
obscene
material
in
electronic
form)
of
the
Information
Technology
Act,
2000
and
relevant
section
of
the
Indecent
Representation
of
Women
(Prohibition)
Act,
1986,
Bhullar
said.
Earlier,
chairperson
of
the
women
panel
Manisha
Gulati
had
written
to
the
state
home
secretary,
the
Punjab
director
general
of
police
and
the
inspector
general
of
police
(crime),
demanding
appropriate
action
against
the
singer.
"We
have
asked
the
police
to
register
an
FIR
against
the
singer
for
using
vulgar
lyrics
against
women
in
his
song
'Makhna'," Gulati
had
said.
The
women
panel
had
also
asked
the
police
to
submit
a
status
report
in
the
matter
by
July
12.
Gulati
had
said
the
song
with
the
objectionable
lyrics
against
women
should
be
banned
in
the
state.