Police complaint filed against Kareena Kapoor for hurting religious sentiments

Actor is being called out for the title of her recent book on pregnancy

A Christian group has filed a police complaint against Kareena Kapoor in Beed, a city of Maharashtra, over the title of her book on pregnancy. On Wednesday, the Christian community accused Kareena, along with two others, “of hurting religious sentiments,” according to the Indian Express.

The Alpha Omega Christian Mahasangh president Ashish Shinde submitted the complaint at the Shivaji Nagar Police Station against the title of the book, Pregnancy Bible, which is co-written by Aditi Shah Bhimjani and published by Juggernaut Books.

The use of the holy word ‘Bible’ in the title has hurt the religious sentiments of Christians, Shinde has said. He has sought registration of a case under IPC section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage reli­gious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or reli­gious beliefs) against the Bollywood star and the two others.

A police official confirmed receiving the complaint, but said no FIR has been filed yet. Shivaji Nagar Police Station in charge Inspector Sainath Thombre told PTI, “We have received the complaint but no case can be registered here as the incident has not happened here (in Beed). I have advised him to file a complaint in Mumbai.”

Kareena published her book on July 9, calling it her third child. The 40-year-old actor, who gave birth to Jeh, her second child, in February this year, shared a series of posts to promote the book on social media. According to the Veere Di Wedding actor, the book is a personal account of what she experienced physically and emotionally through both her pregnancies.

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