Casteist slur on gameshow; case booked
A case against the anchor and the judges of Zabardasth
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-01-10 06:16 GMT
KARIMNAGAR: The Lower Manair Dam (LMD) police booked a case against the anchor and the judges of Zabardasth, a popular comedy show, being aired on Etv, for allegedly showing a community in bad light and promoting enmity between two groups, as per directions of a court in Karimnagar on Thursday.
LMD sub-inspector P. Damodar Reddy said that a case was registered against anchor Rashmi and judges Roja and Nagababu of the show for their role in hurting a community (Brahmin) by portraying it in a negative shade in its October 30 episode, which was retelecast on November 2, 2014, under multiple Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Karimnagar additional judicial magistrate asked the police to register the case while disposing a petition filed by Kethireddy Anji Reddy, a farmer of Timmapur mandal headquarters on Friday.
A case was registered against the trio under Section 153 A (Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race etc.), 298 (Uttering, words, etc. with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings) and 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) of the IPC.