UK-BASED rapper Taran Kaur Dhillon, also known as 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 (20).
A written complaint was filed by a local lawyer, Shashank Shekhar, on Wednesday (19), 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.
In her Instagram post, the rapper made some unsubstantiated accusations against Bhagwat and called him the "face of all problems in India".
In another post, she blamed the RSS chief for a number of terrorist crimes, including Pulwama.
Hard Kaur is known for her hit songs like Glassy and Move Your Body. She also owns a music label, Future Records.
(with PTI)
