Police instructed to file FIR against SRK

Actor to be held liable for hurling abuses in front of children during 2012 IPL spat.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Commission for Child Rights (MSCCR) has asked police to file an FIR against actor Shah Rukh Khan for using foul language in the presence of children after an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Wankhede Stadium in 2012.

“After months of efforts, ultimately justice is prevailing over Khan, who seriously violated rights of small children by uttering very dirty abuses before them in the Wankhede brawl matter,” said activist-lawyer Abha Singh, who is pursuing the matter.

She added that, in view of the commission orders, police would have to file the FIR against Khan for hurling filthy abuses in public, threats, assaulting on-duty public servants and illegal assembly. She called for the state home department to immediately launch a detailed probe into why the FIR was not yet registered on the matter.

On May 16, 2012, Khan got into a spat with officials of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) after an IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. MCA officials had alleged that Khan engaged in fisticuffs with some security personnel and threatened them when they intervened. He had also hurled abuses in the presence of children.

Mumbai Police had registered a non-cognisable offence against Khan and three others, and he was banned from entering the MCA premises for five years. Social activist Amit Maru had lodged the first complaint with the MSCCR as the matter was serious and infringed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child, Singh stated. 

Published in The Express Tribune, March  23^rd,  2015.

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