Rapper and singer Badshah has received a death threat from alleged associates of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, following intense backlash and legal trouble over his latest track, Tateeree. The purported threat surfaced on social media on Sunday, 15 March 2026, with the Facebook post warning the rapper-musician: “Singer Badshah, you have tried to ruin the culture of Haryana. We showed you the trailer in your club in 2024; next time we will shoot you directly in the forehead.”
The escalation comes as Badshah, real name Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, simultaneously faces an FIR, a Lookout Circular and an arrest order from the Haryana State Commission for Women, all arising from the Tateeree controversy. Following the backlash, the rapper issued a public apology on social media, stressing that the track was never intended to hurt women or children.
A Song That Set Off a Firestorm And Now a Death Threat
Tateeree is a Haryanvi-language hip-hop track released on 1 March 2026, performed by Badshah alongside vocalist Simran Jaglan. The song went viral almost immediately but not in the way any artist hopes for. The music video depicted minor girls in school uniforms throwing away their school bags, appearing to run away from studies. The school setting was rebranded “Badshala” a wordplay on Pathshala, the Hindi word for school and the video featured objectionable and derogatory expressions towards women and girls in its lyrics.
Critics objected specifically to the lyric “Aaya Badshah doli chadhaane, in sabki ghodi banaane”, arguing it carried a sexually suggestive innuendo and was deeply disrespectful to women. The threat post was linked to Randeep Malik and Anil Pandit, both alleged members of the Bishnoi gang, who also claimed responsibility in the same post for a recent firing incident outside a Western Union office in Panipat. The threat drew serious concern given that the Bishnoi gang has previously been linked to threats against actor Salman Khan and the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
FIRs, Raids and an Arrest Order
Panchkula Police registered FIR No. 28, dated 6 March 2026, at the Cyber Police Station, Sector 20, under Section 296 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (obscene acts and songs) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986. Several police teams were constituted to ensure Badshah’s arrest and have been conducting continuous raids at various possible locations. Considering the possibility of the accused attempting to leave the country, authorities also initiated the process to issue a Lookout Circular against him.
Haryana State Commission for Women Chairperson Renu Bhatia strongly condemned the song’s content, stating that Badshah’s actions are “not pardonable” and that insulting Haryana’s daughters with indecent language cannot be tolerated. Bhatia declared that she had ordered SP Panipat to get Badshah arrested and also wrote to the National Commission for Women, requesting that the rapper not be allowed to perform anywhere in the country.
A lawyer representing Badshah told reporters that the artist had not been given sufficient opportunity to present his side and that their team had appeared before the commission with an authority letter requesting additional time, claiming the summons had not reached the singer. The threat also referenced a 2024 incident when low-intensity explosions occurred outside Badshah’s Seville Bar and Lounge in Chandigarh, for which Goldy Brar, a Canada-based terrorist associated with the Bishnoi gang had previously claimed responsibility, suggesting a troubling continuity between that earlier attack and the present warning.
The Logical Indian’s Perspective
What began as a cultural controversy over a song has rapidly unravelled into something far more alarming, a criminal death threat, a singer in hiding and a state machinery in full pursuit. Each layer of this story deserves to be examined on its own terms. Badshah’s Tateeree raised legitimate concerns: the sexualisation of school-going girls, the demeaning of women through suggestive lyrics and the casual disregard for the dignity of an entire community are not trivial matters.
His apology, however earnest, cannot be the end of that conversation. But neither can a death threat, issued by a gang with a history of targeted killings, be treated as an act of cultural guardianship. Violence is not accountability. A bullet is not a critique.
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang does not speak for the women of Haryana and invoking their dignity to justify intimidation is perhaps the most cynical irony in this entire episode. India’s artists, activists and audiences all deserve a space where objectionable content can be challenged loudly and fearlessly through courts, commissions, and civic debate, without anyone fearing for their life.
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