HINDUSTAN TIMES (October 20, 2021)

Actor Yuvika Chaudhary has been arrested under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (SC/ST Act) over remarks she made against scheduled castes in her vlog earlier this year. The actor, who was arrested on Monday by Haryana Police, is now out on interim bail.

“My client has joined the investigation as per the guidelines given by the High Court and she is on interim bail now in a case of alleged offensive remarks against Scheduled Castes on a social media platform,” said Chaudhary’s lawyer Ashok Bishnoi.

A case was filed against her by Rajat Kalsan in Hansi, Haryana, under the SC/ST Act over the usage of the word ‘bhangi’ in her vlog. In his complaint, Kalsan claimed that the actor made derogatory, objectionable remarks about scheduled caste community in her video.

Soon after facing backlash, Chaudhary took to Twitter to apologize, saying she didn’t know the meaning of the word. “Hi guys I didn’t know the meaning of that word that I used in my last vlog. I didn’t mean to hurt anyone and I can never do that to hurt someone. I apologize to each and everyone. I hope you understand, love you all,” she had tweeted in May.