Sharing pics of Sushant’s body in social media may invite legal action: Maharashtra Police

June 15: Maharashtra Police’s cyber department has asked people to refrain from circulating online pictures of the dead body of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra  area on Sunday. Terming it as a “disturbing trend”, it warned that circulation of such pictures could attract legal action. Urging netizens to refrain from posting such photos, the cyber department said the pictures already circulated should be deleted henceforth.

Rajput, 34, was found hanging in his apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves rippling through the Hindi film industry and elsewhere. Later, some people circulated pictures of the actor’s body on social media platforms, following which the state police’s cyber department said it was in “bad taste”.

“To all such users posting offensive messages to refrain from doing so as it is an offense under Information Technology Act, IPC and other laws of the land. Any user found violating the provisions of the said laws will have to face strict penal action.”  read a tweet posted by official account of Maharashtra Cyber, nodal agency for cyber security and cybercrime investigation for Maharashtra.