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Rapper Hard Kaur booked for sedition over her alleged online remarks against Yogi & Bhagwat

A written complaint was filed by a Varanasi lawyer after which she has been booked under five sections of the IT Act.

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Varanasi: UK-based rapper Taran Kaur Dhillon aka Hard Kaur has been booked for sedition for allegedly posting objectionable remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on social media, police said Thursday.

A written complaint was filed by a local lawyer, Shashank Shekhar, on Wednesday, SHO Cantonment Vijay Pratap Singh said.

The police have booked her under sections 124 A(sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion), 500(defamation) and 505 (intent to incite) of the Indian Penal Code and section 66 of the IT Act, he said.

The complaint will be forwarded to the cyber cell for further probe into the matter, the SHO said.

Hard Kaur is known for her hit songs like “Glassy” and “Move Your Body”. She also owns a music label, Future Records.


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2 COMMENTS

  1. This will continue to happen. The apex court’s guidelines of 1962 are being violated with impunity. If its conscience is shocked by a particularly egregious case, it may be pleased to scrap the section, as it so courageously did with gay sex.

    • you are terrible what crapload she spoke about hindu and right to free speech doesn’t entitled to bark anything how come rss was responsible for 26/11 could you please explain mr.oracle ashok . one can support crticize rss ideologically but how can we say without proof that rss or say for that matter any organization in india is responsible for 26/11 .

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