Case against 'Shanghai' director, Emraan Hashmi over song

JODHPUR: The police here have registered a case against actor Emraan Hashmi and seven others including the director of a recently released film 'Shanghai' on the directions of a court following a petition objecting to a song in the film. The additional chief judicial magistrate-1 gave the order after the petitioner claimed that the song was offensive to patriotic people.
The case has been registered against Hashmi, director Dibakar Banerjee and six others under different sections of IPC. The court had given the direction to the police on July 9.
Two residents of Jodhpur, Vikas Sharma and Akash Ojha, representatives of a religious voluntary organization, Parshuram Sewa Dal, had filed a complaint in the court a few days back objecting to a particular song 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' in Shanghai. The petitioners had termed the song offensive to any true Indian as it made a mockery of his sentiments towards nation.
SHO Gajendra Singh said they had registered the case under sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation), 153 (A) (promoting enmity between groups), 153 (B) (act prejudicial to national integration), 294 (obscene acts and song), 298 (uttering words to offend the religious feelings) and 505 (statements conducting public mischief) of IPC.