Punjabi singer Miss Pooja booked for hurting religious sentiments

Tribune News Service

Nangal, April 27

The district police on Friday booked noted Punjabi singer Miss Pooja for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Hindu community by portraying Yamraj as a drunkard in one of her songs.

A Nangal court had issued orders in this regard yesterday.

Nangal SHO Sunny Khanna said on the orders of the court a case under Section 295A, 499 and 500 of the IPC was registered against Miss Pooja, Harish Verma, a Punjabi actor, Bideowale Frame Singh, a video production team, and Speed Records musical company.

Advocate Sandeep Kaushal had filed a petition in the court claiming that the accused had released a video song ‘Jeeju’ in which Pooja played the role of a wife and sung the song and Harish Verma played the role of her husband. It was stated that Verma had played the role of drunkard Yamraj with his mace.

Advocate Kaushal had contended that in no religious book Yamraj is shown consuming liquor.