Media is after my life and is not concerned about content on social media that is much more provocative and vulgar in nature,” he said, while calling upon the Hindu Yuva Vahini, Bajrang Dal and his “Hindu brothers” to help him.īut songwriter Santosh Kumar, who also makes an appearance alongside Bahar to defend their song, was not so contrite and blamed “anti-Ram elements” in the media for pushing for their arrest. “I have not taken the names of any religion here. Watch | #BeyondTheHeadlines: Modi’s Indifference Has Turned Lynching Into An Epidemic It is only about Hindutva.”īahar even released a statement on YouTube claiming that he sang the song out of love for Hinduism and that he saw nothing wrong in the sentiments expressed as the song does not mention a particular religion or section of the society. “I’m a bhakt of Jai Shri Ram,” Bahar told the Huffington Post in a phone interview. The four have been arrested under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) and 298 (deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person) of the Indian Penal Code. The police, which acted on several complaints, picked up Bhojpuri and Hindi singer Varun Bahar, writers Mukesh Pandey and Santosh Yadav, and Rajesh Kumar Verma, the owner of the YouTube channel Janta Musical and Pictures on which the video was uploaded. The song, titled ‘ Jo Na bole Jai Sri Ram, bhej do usko kabristan’, calls for sending those who do not chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ to their graves. New Delhi: Four people, associated with making and uploading a hate song which went viral last week, were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on July 26.
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