Ranveer Singh booked by Mumbai police for obscenity on lawyer, NGO’s complaint

TIL Desk Bollywood/ The Mumbai Police have booked Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh for obscenity and on other charges after his nude photos appeared in a New York-based magazine and later became viral on social media networks.

“I have filed the complaint along with my husband Abhishek Chaubey’s NGO on the issue with the Chembur police on Monday. The police have taken cognizance and registered a first information report on the NGO’s plea,” lawyer Vedika Chaube told.

Among other things, the couple have contended that the photos of Singh have hurt the sensitivities and modesty of many women who are the actor’s followers on various social media networks.

Singh’s photos, which surfaced on his Instagram account on July 22, evoked massive attention from celebs like Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, film-maker Ram Gopal Verma and commoners, getting likes and trolls in equal measure.”