India, April 13 -- The Uttarakhand Police have registered a case against Haryanvi singer Masoom Sharma for allegedly using abusive language at a cultural programme at Dehradun's DAV (PG) College on Saturday.

The complainant, Pranchal Nauni, a representative of the college's Satyam Shivam student organisation, said that Sharma's objectionable words hurt sentiments.

Police superintendent (city) Pramod Kumar said Sharma was booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)'s sections 296 (obscene acts and songs), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation). "We have launched an investigation into the matter."

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