Sushant Singh Rajput passes away: Police warn of taking legal action against circulation of images of late actor’s body
The Maharashtra cyber police urged people to delete the posts with images of Sushant Singh Rajput's body doing the rounds on social media
The Maharashtra Cyber Police Department reminded social media users that circulating the pictures of Sushant Singh Rajput’s body post his death can invite legal action. The agency responsible for cybersecurity and cybercrime investigation in Maharashtra asked netizens to not share such pictures. To those who already have, they urged to delete the posts.
As per Asian News International, a post mortem has been conducted and further details of the autopsy report are awaited. The post mortem was conducted at Mumbai's Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital.
In a Twitter thread, the official Twitter account of the cyber police department put this message after pictures of the late actor started doing the rounds on Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, and other social media platforms.
The police referred to this as a “disturbing trend” made in “bad taste”. They further reminded internet users that the circulation of “such pictures” was against “legal guidelines and court directions”, and were hence, “liable to invite legal action”.
In a final third tweet, they asked people to delete the photos, if they had already shared them.
Check out the posts
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. (1/n)
— Maharashtra Cyber (@MahaCyber1) June 14, 2020
It is emphasised that circulation of such pictures is against legal guidelines and court directions, and are liable to invite legal action. ⁰(2/n) — Maharashtra Cyber (@MahaCyber1) June 14, 2020
Maharashtra Cyber exhorts and directs all netizens to refrain from circulating the aforesaid pictures. The pictures already circulated should be deleted henceforth. (3/n)
— Maharashtra Cyber (@MahaCyber1) June 14, 2020
The cybercrime unit of Maharashtra police had earlier issued a notice under Section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to social media users who had posted “offensive/ abusive/ defamatory/ malicious posts” on the internet.
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
The police had clearly informed then, stating that circulation of such offensive posts was an offense under the “Information Technology Act, IPC and other laws of the land”.
to all such users posting offensive messages to refrain from doing so as it is an offense under Information Technology Act, IPC and other laws of the land. Any user found violating the provisions of the said laws will have to face strict penal action. (2/n)
— Maharashtra Cyber (@MahaCyber1) May 20, 2020
Popular Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on Sunday. He died of suicide at the age of 34. The actor was going to be seen next in Dil Bechara, the Hindi remake of Hollywood movie The Fault in our Stars.
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