Overview

• Police registered an FIR on September 19 after the Birha video was uploaded to Saroj Sargam’s YouTube channel.
• SSP Somen Barma said evidence identified Sargam and her husband, Ram Milan Bind, who was the producer-director of the video, leading to their Tuesday arrests.
• A cyber and surveillance team is examining the case after the clip spread widely on social platforms with users tagging police for action.
• Religious leader Yoganand Giri of the Juna Akhara publicly demanded the singer’s immediate arrest and warned of street protests.
• Officials said 15 bighas of forest land tied to Sargam were reclaimed in a joint forest–police operation, with further legal steps underway.