UP: Satirist, singer booked for ‘objectionable’ posts about Pahalgam terror attack

The Uttar Pradesh Police have booked a satirist and a Bhojpuri singer on sedition charges for allegedly making objectionable remarks on social media about the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, The Indian Express reported.

The first information report against Madri Kakoti, known as Dr Medusa on social media, was filed at the Hasanganj police station based on a complaint by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad leader Jatin Shukla.

Kakoti is an assistant professor in the linguistics department at Lucknow University.

In his complaint, Shukla accused Kakoti of targeting India’s unity, integrity, and sovereignty through posts on her handle on X.

He alleged that Kakoti frequently used terms such as “saffron terrorists” on her platforms and added that some of her posts had reportedly been shared by Pakistani media channels, according to the newspaper.

Amar Singh, station house officer of Hasanganj police station, told The Indian Express that Kakoti had been booked on sedition and other charges.

This came a day after Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore was booked for a video on social media in which she said that the terrorist attack was an intelligence and security failure on the part of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government, India Today reported.

Rathore claimed in the video that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would now seek votes in Bihar in the name of the attack...

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