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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap booked for controversial remarks on Brahmins

A case was registered under Sections 196 and 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
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Director Anurag Kashyap. PTI File Photo
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An FIR was registered against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap by the Raipur Police on the charge of promoting enmity between different groups over his purported remarks on Brahmins, an official said on Tuesday.

A case was registered at City Kotwali police station on Monday based on a complaint lodged by Raipur-based Pandit Neelkanth Tripathi, national vice president and Chhattisgarh in-charge of Rashtriya Brahman Mahasangh (Bharat), the official said.

Recently, Kashyap made casteist remarks against the Brahmin community on his social media platform, which is extremely insulting and ill-intentioned. The remark has hurt the sentiments of the Brahmin community and posed a threat to social harmony, the official said quoting the complaint.

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Kashyap was booked under Sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc) and 302 (Uttering words, etc, with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he said, adding that further probe is underway.

Kashyap on Tuesday apologised for his remark, saying he crossed a boundary by using “abusive language” while replying to someone in anger.

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