67 songs of Haryanvi singers taken down for ‘promoting gun culture’

STF officers mentioned that in investigation, it was revealed that majority of the songs had been produced after the singers had been pressurised or threatened to take action by gangsters from overseas.

B Satheesh Balan, inspector common (STF), mentioned that they’ve met with no less than 27 singers thrice within the final 11 months to debate the difficulty.

“A number of singers disclosed that they had been composing or producing such songs after repeated threats from gangsters hiding overseas,” mentioned Balan, including {that a} drive towards such songs was launched in February final 12 months and can proceed sooner or later.

Balan mentioned that these singers had been being coerced to talked about names of sure gangsters to glorify them together with gun tradition and violence.

“After deportations of no less than 5 gangsters from numerous nations within the final 12 months, risk calls and strain which was being put by the gangsters on these singers have declined,” mentioned Balan, including that they’ve additionally arrested a number of suspects in Haryana, related to numerous gangsters who had tried to threaten such singers.

STF officers mentioned that apart from eradicating the whole songs from on-line streaming platforms, they’ve even obtained some particular components of a number of songs eliminated wherein names of both sure criminals and gangsters had been highlighted, or gun tradition was glorified.

“We’ve got urged the singers to keep away from utilizing prohibited songs or a part of them in concert events and occasions. Moreover, we’ve additionally been maintaining a tally of dwell reveals or occasions of such singers to cease them from singing such songs in entrance of the viewers,” mentioned Balan.