Singer Abhijeet In Trouble After Abusing Journalist On Twitter

New Delhi: Former Bollywood playback singer Abhijeet has landed into controversy following his abusive comments on Twitter regarding a woman journalist.

As indignation erupted on Twitter, the journalist filed a complaint with the police. The Mumbai police have said they will take strong action in what is potentially a case of sexual harassment.

Abhijeet, known for his right-leaning views, lashed back in response. Accusing the journalist, Delhi-based Swati Chaturvedi, of reaping "publicity" from his tweets, he said, "she is lucky she is a woman. Or I would have found out her address".

Asked if he was apologetic, he told NDTV, "What apologetic? I am going to do (this) over and over again."

The trouble had started after Ms Swati Chaturvedi and jantakareporter.com's editor-in-chief, Rifat Jawaid objected against a post of the singer regarding the murder of an Infosys techie in Chennai. In his post, Abhijeet had tweeted saying the murder was a result of love jihad,

Ms Chaturvedi responded that the alleged murderer was a man called Ramkumar and he has been arrested. She further said:.

Pure filth @MumbaiPolice he's trying to forment communal riots & abuse rather obvious. Why no action? https://t.co/GqmEM0kwgd

- swati chaturvedi (@bainjal) July 2, 2016

She also said the singer was "jealous of Pakistani singers who took his mediocre career".

The singer retaliated with abusive language, which drew widespread condemnation from Twitterati and calls for police action against him.

@abhijeetsinger @bainjal you come across as a petty irrelevant little man who relies on hate and nativism to reclaim his career

- B Frank (@thethriftygene) July 2, 2016

@bainjal @MumbaiPolice Good job Swati these kind of people are better off behind bars

- Farhan Khan (@Farhan222) July 2, 2016

Ms Chaturvedi told NDTV that the Mumbai police has been "proactive" in the case. Earlier, the police had tweeted:

@bainjal We have followed you. Please DM your contact details. Talking to you at length may help us understand the situation better.

- Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) July 2, 2016

Abhijeet told NDTV that his comments were a response to Ms Chaturvedi's post that he was "jealous" of Pakistanis making Indians suffer by taking their jobs, which was a shameful thing to say. He added that he wasn't a politician and doesn't "think much before writing anything".