Mohali police book Honey Singh for using vulgar words in music video

Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service
Mohali, July 9

The Mohali Police have booked Bollywood renowned rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh and movie producer Bhushan Kumar for objectionable contents in their music video ‘Makhna’.

The duo have been booked under Sections 294 (punishment for obscene act or words in public)and 509 (words, gestures intended to insult woman) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act and Section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act at Mataur Police Station here. 

The case was filed last night.

Confirming the development, Mohali SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said the Punjab State Women Commission has shot a communique to local police and asked them to check the contents of Yo Yo Honey Singh’s album ‘Makhna’.

“We found the contents objectionable and booked the duo. Further investigation is being carried out,” said SSP Bhullar, adding both the accused would be summoned here soon.

Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Manisha Gulati had written to the Director General of Police to register a criminal case against the singer for using lyrics like "Mein hoon womaniser (I am a womaniser)".

Demanding a ban on the song, she had said it is “indecent and have a degrading influence on society”.

The rapper in 2013 was involved in a controversy over the lyrics of his song ‘Main hoon balatkari (I am a rapist)’.

Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered the Punjab government to file a case against Honey Singh for singing vulgar songs.