Legal action against social media users posting Sushant Singh Rajput's photos
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,June 15 2020]
Sushant Singh Rajput the promising young star of 'Kai Po Che', 'M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story' and 'Chhichhore' passed away on Sunday allegedly by hanging himself in his Bandra residence in Mumbai. Initial postmortem has ruled it as suicide and his last rites will be held this evening at Pawan Hans crematorium in Mumbai.
Social media users have been sharing in large numbers photos of Sushant's dead body which has been condemned by celebrities. The Mumbai police have also warned legal action writing A disturbing trend has been observed on Social Media platforms by Maharashtra Cyber that pictures of deceased actor Shri. Sushant Singh Rajput are being circulated, which are disturbing and in bad taste (sic), It is emphasised that circulation of such pictures is against legal guidelines and court directions, and are liable to invite legal action.
The cops have added 'Maharashtra Cyber exhorts and directs all netizens to refrain from circulating the aforesaid pictures. The pictures already circulated should be deleted henceforth,
We've observed that certain users are using social media platforms for posting offensive / abusive / defamatory / malicious posts. Maharashtra Cyber Police Dept., the nodal agency for cyber crime investigation in Maharashtra hereby issues a notice under Section 149 of CRPC (1/n)
— Maharashtra Cyber (@MahaCyber1) May 20, 2020