Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Babita Ji aka Munmum Dutta in trouble, case against actress for using 'casteist slur'

A video of Munmun Dutta using a particular word against the community had gone viral on social media recently.

New Delhi: Popular television actress Munmun Dutta, known for playing Babita Ji in hit sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is in trouble. The Indore police have registered a case against a television actor for allegedly using an objectionable word against a Scheduled Caste community. A video of Munmun Dutta using a particular word against the community had gone viral on social media recently, the official told PTI. Based on a complaint lodged by Akhil Bharatiya Balai Mahasangh president Manoj Parmar, an FIR was registered against Dutta under relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the official said. In his complaint, Parmar said that the use of a 'racist' word by Dutta in her video has hurt the sentiments of the Scheduled Caste community, especially the Valmiki community.