Bigg Boss 9 fame Yuvika Chaudhary was arrested on Monday by the Haryana Police for allegedly insulting the SC/ST community. She was later granted interim bail in the case.
Former Bigg Boss contestant and Actress Yuvika Chaudhary has been arrested under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) for making offensive remarks against Scheduled Castes on her vlog. The actress was arrested on Monday by Haryana Police and is out on interim bail. Her legal representative, Ashok Bishnoi, released a statement about her arrest to news agency ANI. Also Read-Bigg Boss 15: Donal Bisht & Vidhi Pandya Evicted Due To ‘Zero Contribution’ In The Show
Pictures of the actress outside the police station have surfaced on social media.
The arrest was made on the basis of a video that she shared 5 months back. However, after facing instant flak for the usage of the casteist slur in the video, she has issued an apology on social media. Also Read-Hina Khan Has A Question For Bigg Boss 15 Makers
Bigg Boss season 9 winner, Prince Narula‘s wife was booked after a Dalit rights activist named Rajat Kalsan filed a complaint against her for the video. The actor’s lawyer, Ashok Bishnoi, spoke to the media and said, “My client has joined the investigation as per the guidelines given by the High Court and she is on interim bail now (in a case of alleged offensive remarks against Scheduled Castes on a social media platform),” reported news agency ANI. Also Read-Bigg Boss OTT Fame Urfi Javed Parties With Rakhi Sawant On Her Birthday, Video Goes Viral
In the controversial video, she was getting ready to go out with her husband, reality show star Prince Narula, when she described her look as not upto the mark by using the slur. Later, she took to Instagram to write an apology. She wrote, “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 every one I hope you understand love you all (sic).” Also Read-Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Breaks Silence on Aryan Khan Arrest, Says NCB Only Interested in Catching Celebrities
What Yuvika Chaudhary Said About Casteist Slur Controversy?
After this incident, She clarified that she did not wanted to hurt anyone and it was said in fun way., She had said in the ETimes interview on May 25, 2021, “I used the word not knowing the exact meaning of it. I said it more in fun and soon this started trending on Twitter. I immediately apologised, but by the time I did that, it had already been picked up across social media. It was not intentional; I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. And one can see in the video too that I didn’t say it seriously.”
She had further added, “This is the first time I got trolled like this. I don’t even engage in things like these which may take a wrong turn. But there are times when one doesn’t realise and ends up saying something.” Also Read-Neha Kakkar-Aditya Narayan To Nora Fatehi-Prince Narula: 10 Reality Tv Stars and Judges Who Faked Love On TV
Talking about how she prefers to stay low-key and keep away from any kind of controversy, she had said, “I don’t know about others but I keep away from things, whether it’s reacting to a political situation or anything else for that matter. Main apni life mein mast rehti hoon and I do my work. I always support the good things happening in society. In the video too, I was only saying it to myself and not to someone else, but I realised people were hurt and hence I apologised. I love peace and I’m not the kind of person to ever trouble others.”
Prior this, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor Munmun Dutta was also criticised for using the same casteist slur in her video. The actress faced a lot of ire on social media and later, apologised saying she didn’t know the meaning and the implications of the word.
IMAGE CREDIT-YUVIKA CHAUDHARY/INSTAGRAM
CREDITS: NEWS 18
