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Religion over life, again.

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 Mc Kode, a rap artist from Delhi has been missing after posting a cryptic message on his Instagram story, about standing on an isolated bridge overlooking the Yamuna. Since then, people have been trying to search for him around all possible locations matching his description of the bridge. Several other rap artists such as Raftaar and Seedhe Maut and others on social media have posted about it. The reason behind Kode attempting to take such a drastic step is because an old video of his rap battles surfaced online. In it, he used slang to take jibes at the Hindu epic, Mahabharata, and “abused Hinduism.”  He soon became a target of local goons who threatened him, his family, and his friends. Moksh, a musician, took to Instagram to post a series of events that led to the disappearance of Kode. Brands terminated contracts with him and all of Kode's work was taken down from the Internet overnight.  Kode released an apology online, but it didn't satisfy the angry mobs that wanted hi