On February 10, a mob of around 25-30 people brutally stabbed 26 year old Rinku Sharma to death in front of his parents allegedly after arguments over the donation drive for construction of the Ayodhya Ram Temple.
The police arrested the four assailants – Mohammad Islam, Danish Nasruddin, Dilshan and Dilshad Islam – who entered Rinku’s house and killed him in cold blood.
In light of this incident, a now ex-employee of music streaming service app Gaana, put out a tweet that came across as legitimizing the brutal murder.
One Tanzila Anis who worked as a Content Head at Gaana, commenting on the murder, tweeted, “Bajrang Dal activist, That’s it, That’s the tweet” implying that Rinku Sharma getting killed was okay because he was a member of the Bajrang Dal.
Following this, netizens started digging out her old tweets, which are even more slanderous and full of hatred against Hindu Gods and the Hindu community.
In 2012, she had written “I have thing for mythological dick”, in an apparent reference to Lord Shiva. In another tweet on Lord Shiva her tweet said “I just saw this huge Shiva idol with legs spread wide. I want to stand under it. Who wants to join me in this #blasphemy”.
In April 2013, she had tweeted that Lord Krishna indulged in an ‘orgy’ with gopis (Lord Krishna’s women devotees). “This boy is mad”, she had tweeted.
She had also slandered Goddess Sita and Lord Hanuman by making inappropriate references. In another tweet put in March 2015, she said that there must be an outrage on why there are more Hindus in India.
Many netizens took to Twitter and lashed out at Gaana app questioning if the organization does not do social media background checks before employing people. After widespread condemnation, Gaana put out a tweet saying that they respect all religions and that they do no endorse the beliefs and views of their employees in their personal capacity. The had said that they would take action on the employee after an enquiry.
We do not endorse the beliefs & views of our employees in their personal capacity. Gaana respects religious sentiments of every community in India.
We have been apprised of the issue & will take necessary steps at the earliest based on our enquiries.
— @gaana (@gaana) February 12, 2021
On Saturday (February 13), the company said in a tweet “With regards to the social media posts by a recently joined employee of Gaana, these posts do not represent our values. She is no longer employed by the company.”
Gaana respects all religions and communities of India.
With regards to the social media posts by a recently joined employee of Gaana, these posts do not represent our values. She is no longer employed by the company.
We will continue to bring music to our country.
— @gaana (@gaana) February 13, 2021
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