Overview
- The Special Task Force and Cyber Unit said their investigation identified tracks that glamorized gangsters, weapons, and a luxurious criminal lifestyle.
- Police said most of the flagged songs were removed or blocked on platforms including YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, Gaana, and JioSaavn, while officials did not disclose the titles.
- DGP Ajay Singhal said further strict action will follow as authorities continue to monitor users who like or share such content.
- STF IG Satheesh Balan said officers have engaged singers, lyricists, and other creators to discourage material that promotes violence or gangster lifestyles.
- Officials linked the digital crackdown to parallel intelligence-based operations against a terror–gangster nexus that led to grenade and firearm seizures last year.