In a relief to Shilpa Shetty, the Rajasthan High Court has cancelled a case filed against the actor under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. In 2017, a complaint was filed against the 49-year-old actor alleging that she had used the word ‘bhangi‘ in a 2013 TV interview, in which actor Salman Khan was also present.
According to the complaint, it was alleged that the word allegedly hurt the sentiments of the people belonging to the Valmiki community.
Shetty’s lawyer, Prashant Patil, told the High Court that the actor had already publicly apologised for her remark. Accepting the argument, the court cancelled the FIR against her.