A first information report was filed against Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore in Bhopal on Friday for tweeting a cartoon showing a person in a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh uniform urinating on another man, ANI reported, citing the police.
It was a satirical reference to a case earlier this week in which a video widely shared on social media, showed a man identified as Pravesh Shukla urinating on an Adivasi person. Shukla has been arrested.
The singer has been accused of creating enmity between the RSS and the Adivasi community.
“We have registered a case against the Indian Penal Code section 153,” said Habibganj Police Station in-charge Manish Singh Bhadoriya on the case against Rathore. “We will seek information about the account holder from the Twitter company. Whether the tweet was put up by the account holder itself or any other person, it will be clarified after an investigation.”
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