New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and two others have been booked for allegedly using two songs from a movie without permission during Bharat Jodo Yatra, news agency PTI reported.
According to the report, three senior Congress leaders – Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and Supriya – have been booked under the provisions of Copyright Act, the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code under sections 120b (for criminal conspiracy), 403 (for dishonest misappropriation of property), and 465 (for forgery), for unauthorised usage of the songs from blockbuster Kannada film 'KGF-2' during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The FIR was registered in the Yashwanthpur police station on Friday based on a complaint lodged by M Naveen Kumar, who manages MRT music.
According to the complainant, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had on his official Twitter handle posted two videos of the Bharat Jodo yatra, in which popular songs from the movie KGF-2 were used without permission.
“The said videos were made using the popular sound recordings owned and held by the complainant. The said sound recordings are that of the cinematographic film “KGF Chapter 2” (Hindi version) which is popular globally,” PTI quoted Kumar as saying.
Meanwhile, BJP IT Cell chief, Amit Malviya took to Twitter to target Gandhi over the case.
Notably, the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra kicked off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and is expected to reach Jammu on January 30 next year.
The march has so far covered five southern states, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It will traverse through different states in this course.