Scent of scandal: Pakistani YouTuber Rajab Butt's perfume stirs religious controversy
A Pakistani YouTube star has been charged with blasphemy after launching a perfume named after the law he has been accused of violating.
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Rajab Butt has one of the largest online followings in the Muslim-majority country and has been embroiled in controversy for years, including over his brief custody of a lion cub.
In a recent video, since deleted from his social media accounts, Butt launched his '295' perfume which refers to blasphemy legislation in the penal code.
He said it followed a case filed against him last year, over an earlier video deemed blasphemous by Islamists.
Rajab Butt pictured in a jail cell last year after being arrested on an unrelated charge. Photo: X/FearlessWolfess
His perfume publicity sparked further ire, prompting the leader of the radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan to file a complaint late on Monday.
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