Taarak Mehta Ka Oaltah Chashma famed actress Munmun Dutta aka Babita Ji has been booked by the Haryana police for allegedly using a casteist slur against scheduled caste people in her latest video.
Nitika Gahlaut, the Superintendent of Police, Hansi has confirmed that the case against the actress was registered at the City Police station, according to media reports. She stated that the actress has been booked under section 3 (1)(u) of the SCs and STs act, and further investigation is in process.
The FIR against Dutta was lodged after a complaint registered by Rajat Kalsan, convenor of the National Alliance for Dalit Human Rights on May 11. Kalsan has submitted the video of Dutta which is now officially taken down. In the video, the actress can be seen saying she wanted to look good, and pointing towards the members of a particular Scheduled Caste to say she did not want to look like them.
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The actress had apologized to each and every member of the community, who she has hurt with her action. She claimed that she was genuinely misinformed about the meaning of the word and was not willing to use that particular word but the language barrier made her use it.
On Monday, Dutta took to her Twitter handle to shed light on her side 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 said in a statement.
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"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 in her post.
