Munmun Dutta aka Babijta Ji who stars in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, has been booked underneath the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for a casteist slur in a latest video that she shared on social media. The FIR has been registered at Haryana’s Hansi.
Nitika Gahlaut, Superintendent of Police, Hansi, confirmed that the case was registered on the City Police Station underneath Section 3(1) (u) of the SCs and STs Act on Thursday and the matter was underneath investigation. The FIR was registered following a criticism on May 11 by Rajat Kalsan, convenor of the National Alliance for Dalit Human Rights. Kalsan submitted a CD with the video wherein Dutta, whereas demonstrating make-up methods, is seen saying she needed to look good, and referring to members of a specific Scheduled Caste to say she didn’t need to appear to be them, reported a web site.
Dutta additionally apologised for the identical. “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 stated 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 wish to apologise to each single one who have been an unintentionally harm by the utilization of the phrase and I sincerely remorse for the identical,” she further wrote.
While Dutta 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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