India cricketer Yuvraj Singh was arrested in Haryana and released on interim bail after he made caste-based remarks on cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal during an Instagram live with Rohit Sharma. Hansi resident Rajat Kalsan had lodged an FIR against the 40-year-old cricketer under various sections of the IPC and SC/ST Act.
Hansi SP Nitika Gehlot said here today that on the directions of the court, Singh along with the investigating officer joined the investigation today. The SP said that after his arrest, he was released on interim bail. He said that the police called the cricketer. It’s already fine.”
Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, caste, place of birth, residence, language etc. and doing prejudicial acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony), 153B (alleging, claiming to be prejudicial to national unity) ) was charged under. The case was registered under IPC and section 3(1)(u) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention and Atrocities) Act on the complaint of Rajat Kalsan, a Hansi-based lawyer and activist.
Kalsan had alleged that Yuvraj had made derogatory remarks referring to Chahal. Yuvraj has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking quashing of the FIR claiming his innocence in the case.
A second FIR was registered against the cricketer in February this year for using casteist slurs against the India cricketer. Yuzvendra Chahal. The story dates back to June 2020 when Yuvraj, along with Rohit Sharma, made some remarks about Team India’s spinner on Facebook Live, which was not liked by the Dalit community. An FIR was lodged against the 39-year-old by a Dalit advocate at that time.
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