Former Big Boss 9 participant and actress Yuvika Chaudhary has been booked by the Haryana Police on a complaint by a Dalit rights activist for allegedly using a casteist slur in a video that went viral on social media.

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1. What exactly happened?
2. FIR filed under her name by Haryana Police
3. Yuvika’s Apology
4. Twitter takes over the matter

What exactly happened?

The former reality show contestant shot a video with her husband, Prince Narula, where he can be seen getting ready. To express how bad he looked, Yuvika used a casteist slur which did not go on the smooth ride with social media users. Soon after the video went viral, netizens started tweeting #ArrestYuvikaChoudhary on Twitter.

FIR filed under her name by Haryana Police

The Haryana police registered an FIR against Yuvika Choudhary under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the evening of 28th May, Friday, according to the Station House Officer of Hansi city police station.

In the filed complaint, Dalit rights activist, Rajat Kalsan, threw shade that the actress made some derogatory and objectionable remarks about the Scheduled Caste community in the video, a copy of which he handed over to the police. The complaint was made to Hansi SP Nikita Ahlawat on 26th May in this regard, the police said today. After an investigation by the cyber cell, an FIR was booked against Yuvika Chaudhary at Hansi city police station.

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Yuvika’s Apology

The moment after the video went viral; netizens started tweeting #ArrestYuvikaChoudhary on Twitter. Yuvika then apologised to her fans on social media and said that she was not aware about the meaning of the word and hence she used it. She wrote that she did not want to hurt anyone in any means and that she hopes her fans understand.

She took her Instagram account to pen down an apology. The apology stated that, “Hi guys I didn’t kw the meaning about that word wt I used in my last vlog I didn’t mean to hurt anyone and I can never do that to hurt someone I apologise to each n everyone I hope you understand love you all.”

Check out her Instagram apology

 

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Twitter takes over the matter

Netizens are not happy with the irresponsible behaviour of Yuvika as she used a casteist slur in her video. One Twitter user shared the video and wrote, “Yuvika Choudhary should be arrested. Example has to be set. There are many like her and Munmun Dutta.”

Here is the series of the tweets under Yuvika’s tweet about the apology

Another outraged Twitter user said that, “Now she’ll say she didn’t know the meaning. Alright. This is how our industry is! Not shocked but disappointed. She is literate but as illiterate #ArrestYuvikaChoudhary.”

Few days back, Munmun Dutta, popularly known as Babita ji from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, also was booked under and was caught in trouble as a Congress activist filed an FIR against her in Mumbai. Like Yuvika, she also found herself in the middle of a controversy after she used a casteist slur on her YouTube video. She later apologised and blamed the language barrier for the mistake.

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