Mumbai
Police
have
registered
a
case
against
rapper
Umesh
Khade
for
his
song
allegedly
against
government
and
the
administrative
system,
an
official
said
on
Sunday.
With
this,
the
Maharashtra
Police
have
registered
cases
against
two
different
rappers
in
a
week
for
allegedly
targeting
the
government.
In
the
latest
case,
a
complaint
was
filed
by
an
official
of
the
Mumbai
Police's
Crime
Intelligence
Unit.
Based
on
the
complaint,
an
FIR
was
registered
on
Friday
against
rapper
Umesh
Khade,
who
stays
in
Wadala
area
of
Mumbai,
for
his
song
"Bhongli
keli
janata"
(referring
to
sufferings
faced
by
people),
the
official
said.
Khade
had
uploaded
the
song
on
a
social
media
platform
having
the
account
name
Shambho,
and
the
song
went
viral,
he
said.
The
case
was
registered
against
Khade
under
Sections
504
(intentional
insult
to
provoke
breach
of
peace),
505(2)
(statements
creating
or
promoting
enmity,
hatred
or
ill
will
between
classes)
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code,
and
Section
67
(publishing
or
transmitting
obscene
material
in
electronic
form)
of
the
Information
Technology
Act,
2000,
he
said.
He
was
called
for
questioning
by
the
police
on
Thursday
and
later
allowed
to
go,
the
official
said.
After
registration
of
the
FIR
on
Friday,
a
notice
was
served
to
Khade
asking
him
to
appear
before
the
investigating
officer
whenever
required,
he
said,
adding
the
rapper
was
not
arrested.
Nationalist
Congress
Party
leader
Jitendra
Awhad
had
in
a
tweet
said
there
was
nothing
offensive
in
Khade's
song.
Earlier,
the
Ambernath
police
in
neighbouring
Thane
district
on
Wednesday
registered
a
case
against
rapper
Raj
Mungse
for
his
song
which
allegedly
targeted
the
Shiv
Sena-BJP
government
in
Maharashtra
using
derogatory
language
without
naming
anyone,
the
official
said.