Punjab police have allegedly booked Raveena Tondon, Farah Khan and comedian Bharti Singh on grounds of hurting religious sentiments of Christian Community on National Television.
Ah, Secularism! You sneaky little bi*ch!
Via: The Quint
The case was registered against the three on the complaint of Sonu Jafar, the President of Christian Front, in Ajnala town in Amritsar district.
The case in question is a video in which the three are allegedly frivolling the word ‘hallelujah’ while pronouncing it.
‘Hallelujah’ is a Hebrew word meaning “Praise ye, Yah” referring to the Lord.
According to Jafar, their vicious shenanigans over the religious greeting has hurt the sentiments of the Christian Community.
Via: Pinkvilla
According to Senior Superintendent of Police Vikram Jeet Duggal, the case was filed under section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Intolerance much? Yeah, I thought so.