Singer Abhijeet arrested and released on bail for offensive tweet concering journalist Swati Chaturvedi

August 27, 2016 | Published by : Renu Ratheesh

Mumbai, August 27: Singer Abhijeet Bhatyacharya, who was booked for his allegedly abusive tweets earlier this year, was arrested in July this year, police officials confirmed on Friday.

Senior Aam Aadmi Party member Preeti Sharma Menon had on July 14 registered an FIR against Bhattacharya over a comment that he made about her on Twitter earlier this month. The singer had referred to her as “ugly” and “picchly” in a tweet concering journalist Swati Chaturvedi. The Cyber Police booked him for defamation and outraging a woman’s modesty, reports thehindu.com.

Mumbai Police spokesperson DCP Ashok Dudhe said, “Abhijeet was arrested by the Cyber Police in mid-July, shortly after the FIR was registered. As the Sections invoked against him were bailable ones, he was granted bail on the spot.”

“Mumbai Police arrested Abhijeet on July 26, released him on bail later. Served him right,” Ms. Sharma Menon tweeted on Friday. She added that his cell phone had been seized and his offensive tweets had been deleted.

The police are waiting for the forensic report of the cell phone, after which a chargesheet will be filed against him, senior officials said.