FIR lodged in Mumbai against Salman, Shilpa for using pejoratives

'I feel very pained and hurt due to the insulting statement made by Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty'


Ians December 24, 2017
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An FIR has been lodged against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and diva Shilpa Shetty Kundra for using the word 'Bhangi' on a public platform as it hurt the sentiments of Scheduled Caste community.


The complaint was lodged on Saturday at the Andheri Police station by Navin Ramchandra Lade, the general secretary of Rojgar Aghari Republican Part of India and a member of Scheduled Cast(MAHAR).

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Confirming the news, Vice President of Rojgar Aghari Republican Party of India, Kishore Masoom, told IANS on phone, "We highly condemn Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty for using such words that show us in bad light. We have filed a complaint and will hold a protest in front of Galaxy Apartment, Salman's house today. According to law, he has to serve an imprisonment of five years."

Asked if he thought Salman Khan who has a huge fan following would get bail easily, Masoom said: "No one is above the law, whether a normal public or a celebrity. And talking of his fans, only the elite people did not make him 'Salman Khan the Star', even Dalit people like us also watch his films. Who will support a man who is so disrespectful towards his fans? We are hurt."

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The statement released by Lade's lawyer read, "Salman along with Katrina Kaif on a TV Show stated insulting word 'Bhangi' against the member of the scheduled cast."

"Actor Shilpa Shetty stated in her interview 'I look like bhangi'. it appears from her statement that she is encouraging and spreading ill-feeling among the entire society, he also intentionally insulted members of schedule cast."

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Lade also mentioned, "I felt insulted and humiliated being a member of Scheduled Caste myself. I feel very pained and hurt due to the insulting statement made by Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty."

The FIR comes a day after members of the Valmiki community in Rajasthan filed a complaint against the star in Jaipur for using the pejorative word.

Massive protests were held against Salman Khan starrer Tiger Zinda Hai on Friday, with Valmiki community members disrupting the film's screening in cinema halls across the state on Friday in protest against the alleged use of a pejorative word by Salman.

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Members of the Valmiki Yuva Sangathan lodged a complaint at the Nahargarh police station against Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty for the use of word 'Bhangi'.

The protesters alleged that Salman had insulted the Valmiki community by using "cheap language".

The video of Salman, uttering the pejorative words has gone viral, and triggered tension in Ajmer.

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