A case was registered in opposition to tv actress Munmun Dutta of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah fame on Tuesday night after her video allegedly carrying objectionable phrases for the SC/ST neighborhood went viral on the social media over the previous week, a report mentioned. A case was registered in opposition to Munmun underneath the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and investigations are underway.
Munmun, whereas demonstrating her make-up strategies, is seen saying she wished to look good, and referring to members of a specific Scheduled Caste to say she didn’t wish to appear to be them in a YouTube video.
Munmun additionally apologised for a similar. “This is in reference to a video that I posted yesterday the place in a single phrase utilized by me has been misinterpreted. It was by no means mentioned with the intent of insult, intimidate, humiliate or harm anybody’s emotions.”
“Because of my language barrier, I was genuinely misinformed about the meaning of the word. Once I was made aware of its meaning, I immediately took the part down. I have utmost respect for every single person from every caste, creed or gender and acknowledge their immense contribution to our society or nation,” she added.
“I sincerely want to apologise to each single one that have been an unintentionally harm by the utilization of the phrase and I sincerely remorse for a similar,” she further wrote.
While Munmun has deleted the particular portion from her video, the deleted clip has gone viral on social media. Upset netizens are now demanding the actress be arrested for her disrespectful remark.
Among those who tweeted their criticism wass filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan. “Has been misinterpreted? Never said it with intent to hurt? There is no other interpretation! You said the B word and there is no way to cover it up. Apologise and shut up,” Ghaywan wrote.
(With IANS inputs)
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