Actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Files Complaint Over Abusive Tweets, 4 Booked 

Mumbai: Actress-singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, who had recently tweeted against the "aggressive/ear shattering call" for 'azaan', on Wednesday lodged a police complaint against the "abusive" tweets posted by netizens in response to her remarks.

Azaan, also known as Adhan, is called out by a muezzin from the mosque five times a day, traditionally from the minaret, summoning Muslims for mandatory (fard) worship (salat).

Based on her complaint, police registered a case against four persons. Krishnamoorthi(41), ex-wife of director Shekar Kapoor, had criticized the "aggressive/ear shattering call" for 'azaan', saying she does not need public loudspeakers to remind her of God. Her tweets were met with both praise and scorn. While some commended her for talking about the issue, others called her an attention-seeker.

Some users even made abusive and sexually-colored remarks against her, following which she approached suburban Oshiwara police and filed a complaint.

The actress/singer had tweeted "Came home at 4.45 am 2 most aggressive/ear shattering call of azaan." When a Twitter user posted that it was good to wake up at 'Brahma muhurta' according to Hinduism, the actress replied, "I wake up at Brahmamuhurt of my own accord & do my prayers & riyaz & yoga. I don't need public loudspeakers to remind me of my God or my duty."

She further said she had no problems with 'azaan' or prayers during decent hours. "But to be waking up entire neighborhood at 5am is not civilized," she had posted.

PTI