Bengali Actress Slammed After Her Old 'Condom Over Shivling' Tweet Goes Viral, Complaint Filed
Begali actress Saayoni Ghosh has once again become the eye of the storm after her old tweet, dating back to 2015, has gone viral again. The controversial tweet showed a female character putting a condom over Shivling.
Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh has once again become the eye of the storm after her old tweet, dating back to 2015, has gone viral again. The controversial tweet showed a female character putting a condom over Shivling.
"Gods cudnt have been more useful," she wrote in a tweet that was shared on the occasion of Maha Shivratri.
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At that time, Ghosh had alleged that her account was hacked.
Dear all, a post from 2015 has been brought to my notice which is extremely obnoxious..for all your information, I have joined twitter on 2010 and after a brief use I lost interest in carrying forward however the account remained. After a while my pr Bhaska Roy intimidated me
¡ª saayoni ghosh (@sayani06) January 16, 2021
That my account has been hacked and we need to retrieve it immediately. For various reasons we could only do that after 2017 and I got back in touch with the Twitter world with a bang. We have skipped a few unnecessary post while deleting most and I would take strict measure to
¡ª saayoni ghosh (@sayani06) January 16, 2021
ommit content which hurt religious sentiment of people beyond repair...I have asked for the link of the post and will delete it the moment we locate it. I hope not to be misquoted or misunderstood. My religion means a lot to me so does our unity in trying times.?
¡ª saayoni ghosh (@sayani06) January 16, 2021
She once again clarified the same after the tweet went viral.
¡ª saayoni ghosh (@sayani06) January 16, 2021
As she said that her account was only restored in 2017, people now think she was lying about it being hacked.
Here's a Thread exposing the @sayani06.
¡ª D P D ? | Squint Neon & Milky Mikku Stan Acc (@kannadaveera) January 16, 2021
She claims that she was not running the account but any artist who reaches out to the PR team do gives the permission to post contents on their public platforms.
1. She wrote it by herself
2. Approved pictures which need to be posted pic.twitter.com/rm5q9eArYw
After the tweet went viral again on social media, people have been offended.
Eto ta hypocrite ??
¡ª Probir Ghosh (@IProbir) January 16, 2021
Bengali version of Swara Bhaskar . pic.twitter.com/sxdPszviGf
So much so, that former Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy slammed her.
"Ms. Saayoni Ghosh,You have put a condom on a Shivlinga which we Hindus, including me, hold as holiest of holies!", he wrote.
Ms. Saayoni Ghosh,You have put a condom on a Shivlinga which we Hindus,including me,hold as holiest of holies! You have thus committed an offence under Section 295A IPC (Deliberate and malicious act intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting ...(contd.) https://t.co/bzzXostKvW
¡ª Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) January 16, 2021
"You have thus committed an offence under Section 295A IPC (Deliberate and malicious act intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs),a cognizable,non-bailable offence punishable by imprisonment for 3 years or fine or both."
"Now be prepared for the consequences," he added.
its religion or religious beliefs),a cognizable,non-bailable offence punishable by imprisonment for 3 years or fine or both.
¡ª Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) January 16, 2021
Now be prepared for the consequences.
Following this, he has filed a complaint against her.
"@sayani06
You have already been reported to Kolkata Police. The complaint is attached. Meanwhile a person from Guwahati has told me that his religious feelings have been hurt by your meme and he is filing a complaint. I hope Assam Police will take cognizance and ask for remand," he wrote on Twitter.
@sayani06 You have already been reported to Kolkata Police. The complaint is attached. Meanwhile a person from Guwahati has told me that his religious feelings have been hurt by your meme and he is filing a complaint. I hope Assam Police will take cognizance and ask for remand. pic.twitter.com/qn94doOPdG
¡ª Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) January 16, 2021
People are calling out her "hypocrisy".
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