FIR filed against Abhijeet Bhattacharya for abusing journalist on Twitter

The singer had recently sparked controversy by tweeting that the murder of an Infosys techie in Chennai was the result of "love jihad".

By PTI
Published: July 15, 2016 1:59 PM IST

The singer had written "besharam budhiya" in a tweet.

An FIR was registered on Thursday against Bollywood singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya on charges of public obscenity and outraging modesty of a woman, after AAP leader Preeti Sharma Menon filed a complaint at the Cyber Cell. Also Read - From Vivek Oberoi to Shakti Kapoor: 6 Bollywood actors who ruined their career in a split second

In her complaint, Ms Menon said that she had tweeted to the Mumbai Police Commissioner about Mr Bhattacharya's use of "obscene" language on social media towards a woman journalist. However, the singer responded to her tweet with indecent language, Ms Menon said. Also Read - BollywoodLife Exclusives of the week: Pathan won’t release on Diwali, Kangana Ranaut’s Lock Upp in deep legal trouble and more

A case has been registered under IPC section 500 (punishment for defamation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC and section 67 of the Information Technology Act, police said. Also Read - RIP Bappi Lahiri: Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya pays heartfelt tribute to Bappida's legacy; says, 'His music turned even 60-70+ into youngsters' [EXCLUSIVE]

The singer had recently sparked controversy by tweeting that the murder of an Infosys techie in Chennai was the result of "love jihad". However, when a Delhi-based journalist objected to his tweet, the singer had allegedly replied with abusive comments.

Stay tuned to BollywoodLife for the latest scoops and updates from Bollywood, Hollywood, South, TV and Web-Series.

ByPTI
Published: July 15, 2016 1:59 PM IST

Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_Inarticle_300x250|300,250~Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_Inarticle_2_300x250|300,250~Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_ATF_970x90|970,250~Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_ATF_300x250|300,600~Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_BTF_1_300x250|300,600~Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_BTF_2_300x250|300,600~Bollywoodlife_Web/bollywoodlife_ros_strip|1300,50~Bollywoodlife_Web/Bollywoodlife_AS_OOP_1x1|1,1