Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s Munmun Dutta aka Babita Ji booked for making alleged casteist slur in video

Hisar: The Haryana police has booked actor Munmun Dutta that includes in the TV serial ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ for allegedly utilizing a casteist slur in opposition to scheduled caste folks in a video.

Even earlier than the case was registered, the actress had “apologized to every single person” who, she stated, has been “unintentionally hurt” by her as a result of fallacious utilization of the phrase.

Munmun Dutta had claimed she used the fallacious phrase ‘due to her language barrier’ and added she was genuinely misinformed about its that means. The FIR in opposition to Dutta was registered in Haryana’s Hansi city on a criticism by National Alliance for Dalit Human Rights convenor Rajat Kalsan.

The Hansi police lodged the FIR in opposition to Dutta below varied provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The complainant has alleged that Dutta made derogatory remarks in opposition to folks belonging to the scheduled caste. Police stated Kalsan had submitted a written criticism and a CD containing Dutta’s purported video to the Hansi police superintendent on May 11.

Acting on the criticism, Hansi Superintendent of Police Nikita Gehlot had ordered the registration of an FIR in opposition to her.

A case was subsequently lodged in opposition to Dutta in the Hansi metropolis police station in the Hisar district.
Hansi metropolis police station’s SHO Dalbir Singh stated an FIR has been registered in opposition to actress Dutta and additional investigations had been in progress.

Dutta had taken to Twitter on Monday to place her facet of the story. “This is in reference to a video that I posted yesterday wherein one word used by me has been misinterpreted. It was never said with the intent of insult, intimidate, humiliate or hurt anyone’s feelings. Because of my language barrier, I was genuinely misinformed about the meaning of the word,” she had stated in a press release, which she additionally shared in Hindi.

“Once I was made aware of its meaning, I immediately took the part down. I have the utmost respect for every single person from every caste, creed or gender and acknowledge their immense contribution to our society or nation,” she wrote.

“I sincerely would like to apologize to every single person who has been unintentionally hurt by the usage of the word and I sincerely regret the same,” she added.