Singer Abhijeet reportedly faces Mumbai police inquiry for hate tweet on senior woman journalist

Abhijeet's  hate tweet has been described as a sexual assault by many woman activists, who have come out in support of Swati Chaturvedi. Twitter pic

July 3, 2016, NewsCrunch

Singer Abhijeet  has reportedly come under the scanner of Mumbai police for posting a hateful tweet against senior journalist Swati Chaturvedi on Saturday.

The hate tweet has been described as a sexual assault by many woman activists, who have come out in support of her.

Singer Abhijeet  tweeted on Saturday that while he would kick Pakistan, its Indian supporters would suck up to the country. He used a truncated sexual expletive that rhymed with his chosen word, Kick.

This controversial tweet was in response to a post critical of him and made by Swati Chaturvedi.

The singer was angry at the criticism he had received for a tweet on Swati, the Chennai software engineer who had been last week.

Before the Chennai police caught a Hindu man Ram Kumar, many on Twitter had alleged that a Muslim man had killed her. Though there was no evidence of any kind, Abhijeet was among those who had upon Hindu parents to protect their children from love jihadis.

Swati Chaturvedi had taken part in the discussion that had sought action on the rumour mongers including Abhijeet, who is known for his anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan stance.

Swati Chaturvedi tweeted that Abhijeet was jealous of Pakistani singers who had taken down his mediocre career. That seems to have provoked Abhijeet's tweet.

Swati Chaturvedi was supported by many women journalists and activists, who urged her to approach Mumbai police and tag Chief Minister Fadnavis, who is known to keep a close eye on social media.

Following the controversy, the Mumbai police advised her on Friday to lodge a complaint and also approach cyber station.

In the meanwhile, Abhijeet also re-tweeted a post that said Indian intelligence agencies should eliminate Swati Chaturvedi, journalist Rana Ayyub and JNU student leader Shehla Rashid

On Sunday afternoon, Swati Chaturvedi informed that Mumbai police had spoken to her assuring tough action against Abhijeet.

Abhijeet has been known to post intemperate messages on social media.  He claims his support for 'nationalist' positions has cost him offers in Bollywood but is unrepentant and says his tweets are in national service.

Abhijeet's controversial tweets on Swati Chaturvedi and others