Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Actress Munmun Dutta Booked For Using Casteist Slur

Earlier this week, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Babitaji aka Munmun Dutta found herself in the midst of a controversy when she used a casteist slur in one of her makeup videos that she posted on YouTube. She was soon called out and Munmun didn't waste any time to apologise for her mistake and omit the part. However, the damage was done and #ArrestMunmunDutta had started trending on social media. Now, an FIR has been filed against the actress.

Dalit rights activist Rajat Kalsan has registered a complaint against Munmun Dutta. The FIR was filed under section 3(1) (u) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Rajat Kalsan, a lawyer, shared a copy of the FIR on Twitter. The tweet reads, "First information report has been registered against the actress Munmun Dutta @ Babita ji at police station City Hansi under section 3(1) (u) of SC ST POA act.
Complaint is got registered by dalit rights activist Rajat kalsan." See the tweet here:

Munmun had issued te apology on May 10th, a day after she had put up the video. She wrote, "It was never said with the intent to insult, intimidate, humiliate or hurt anyone's feelings. Because of my language barrier, I was genuinely misinformed about the meaning of the word. Once I was made aware of its meaning I immediately took the part down. I have utmost respect for every single person from every caste, creed or gender and acknowledge their immense contribution to our Society or nation. I sincerely would like to apologize to every single person who has been unintentionally hurt by the usage of the word and sincerely regret for the same."