The Greater chennai Police (GCP) on Monday, July 29, charged Abbishek Rabi, a tamil YouTuber who owns the channel Biriyani Man, with dehumanizing women in his videos and damaging Semmozhi Park's reputation. On Monday, he appeared in court and was placed under judicial detention.

Following a complaint that a Teynampet lady made to the chennai Metropolitan Police, South Zone Cyber Crime, Rabi was taken into custody. The complainant said that Rabi had denigrated the Semmozhi park in her neighborhood, where she goes for daily walks, and that in the films he posted to his channel, he had inappropriately portrayed women using vulgar body language.


Based on her complaint, Rabi was booked under sections 79 (insulting the modesty of any woman), 351 (a) (criminal intimidation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 353(2) (False statements, rumours, etc, intended to create enmity, hatred of ill will between different classes) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Act; section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material) of the Information and technology Act; section 6 (punishment) of the Indecent Representation of women Act; and section 4 (prohibition of harassment of women) of the tamil Nadu Prevention of Violence against women Act.
 

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