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Filmmaker and actor Anurag Kashyap has landed in legal trouble after a court in Surat directed police to register a criminal case against him over his alleged remarks in regards to the Brahmin community on social media.
Anurag Kashyap faces legal trouble over alleged remarks on Brahmin Community; Surat court orders FIR
The order was passed on Saturday by the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class A S Jani following a non-public grievance filed by lawyer and Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Kamlesh Raval. In response to reports, the court observed that there seemed to be sufficient grounds to look at whether the filmmaker’s posts could have harmed the status of a specific community and contributed to social tension.
As a part of the order, the court instructed authorities to register a case under sections related to promoting hostility between groups, intentional insult aimed toward disturbing public peace, and circulation of allegedly misleading information.
The grievance was filed by Raval, who belongs to the Brahmin community and alleged that Kashyap’s posts on X contained objectionable comments targeting Brahmins. In response to the grievance, the controversy began after the filmmaker reacted to criticism surrounding the trailer launch of the Hindi film Phule in April last yr.
The complainant claimed that Kashyap not only posted comments viewed as offensive but in addition continued making remarks while responding to users who opposed his views online. It was further alleged that the posts insulted the broader Brahmin community and had the potential to create division between social groups.
Within the grievance submitted before the court, Raval reportedly argued that public figures like Kashyap hold significant influence due to their work in cinema and entertainment. The grievance stated that actors and filmmakers are widely followed by audiences across age groups, making their public statements highly impactful.
The plea also referred to an older social media post allegedly made by Kashyap in January 2020, where he had criticised the Union government and used terms that the complainant described as objectionable towards Hindus.
Reports further stated that several notices and summons had earlier been issued to the filmmaker in reference to the matter. Nonetheless, in response to the complainant, Kashyap didn’t reply to them, following which a non-bailable warrant was reportedly issued against him.
As of now, Anurag Kashyap has not publicly reacted to the newest court order.
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