Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Munmun Dutta held in Hansi in casteist slur case, gets bail

Munmun Dutta, who plays Babita in TV serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, appeared before investigating officer DSP Vinod Shankar in Hisar on Monday in a case registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (prevention of atrocities) Act.

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After about four hours of interrogation, she was let off on interim bail granted by the Punjab and Haryana high court.

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Charged with making indecent and derogatory remarks against the Scheduled Caste community in a YouTube video of January 9 last year, she reached the DSP’s office herself with two security guards, some bouncers, and a lawyer, and avoided the media.

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In the video she posted last year, Munmun had used a casteist slur which led to an outrage on social media. Several users objected to the use of the term.

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The actress then issued an apology on all her social media platforms. She stated that the word she used had been 'misinterpreted'.

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She added she had 'not said it with the intent to insult, intimidate, humiliate or hurt anyone's feelings'.

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