Twitter Suspends Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s Account After His Offensive Tweets On Women  

Mumbai: Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's account was suspended on Tuesday after he posted a string of "offensive" tweets, especially against women. The move by the micro-blogging site came after social media users accused the 58-year-old of using "inappropriate" and "insulting" language.

"Account Suspended: This account has been suspended...," stated the message from Twitter on his handle. However, it is unclear if the decision taken by Twitter is temporary or permanent.

On May 22, Abhijeet spewed venom at some women Twitter users, including JNU student-activist Shehla Rashid, which prompted some of the netizens to lodge a complaint with Twitter. Referring to the JNU student he tweeted, "There is rumour she took money for two hours and didn't satisfy the client... big racket."

In another tweet, he had insulted a woman Twitter user when she called him out for his incendiary tweets, where he wrote, "You Ms Pak. Tell me your cage no? Will reach there...Will do the favourite pose."

When asked about the issue Abhijeet said, "Author Arundhati Roy and people supporting JNU" were behind the suspension of his account. They are trying to block Paresh Rawal also. All Arundhati and JNU group behind this after Paresh Rawal and I tweeted against Arundhati for her anti-India stand."

Asked if he would take any step to reinstate his Twitter handle, Abhijeet said, "I care a damn... entire nation is with me."

Of late, BJP MP-actor Paresh Rawal kicked up a row with his remark that author Roy should be tied to an army jeep instead of a stone pelter, a reference to an incident in Kashmir where a protester was used as a "human shield" by security personnel against a mob.