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Police complaint filed against Yuvraj Singh over casteist remark
Published : Jun 5, 2020, 10:54 am IST
Updated : Jun 5, 2020, 10:54 am IST
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Recently, a complaint has been lodged against former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh for making racist remarks during a live chat

Recently, a complaint has been lodged against former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh for making racist remarks during a live chat on social media. Police have started an investigation into the complaint against Yuvraj.

However, no FIR has been lodged. Yuvraj Singh was talking to opener Rohit Sharma on Instagram live chat session. Meanwhile, the two were talking about Yuzvendra Chahal when Yuvraj used the word racist in the alleged era.

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Yuvraj Singh and Yuzvendra ChahalYuvraj Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal A video went viral on social media in which Yuvraj was heard making racist remarks. According to media reports, a police complaint has been lodged against Yuvraj by Dalit rights activist and lawyer Rajat Kalsan in Hansi, Hisar. Kalsan has demanded Yuvraj's arrest.

In fact, social media users have made a clip of this video and made it viral and had also run the hashtag #YuvrajSinghMaafiMaango. The hashtag has been trending on Twitter for two days.

Hansi SP Superintendent Lokender Singh said he had received a complaint on May 2. "We are investigating the matter, but nothing has been decided yet," he said. So far no FIR has been registered in the case.

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At the same time, Kalsan said the DSP-level official had recorded his statement under section 161 on Wednesday. "I also handed over a DVD with controversial remarks in support of my complaint," he said.

Yuvraj SinghYuvraj SinghInvestigators saw the DVD on Wednesday. During the live Instagram session, Rohit and Yuvraj shared a lot about cricket, corona virus, personal life and Indian cricketers.

Yuzvendra Chahal of Team India was commenting during his live Instagram chat. On this, Yuvraj Singh used the word racist and made fun of him.

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Yuvraj has been named India's greatest all-rounder. Yuvraj Singh retired from international cricket in June last year after playing for the country for 17 years. All-rounder Yuvraj has taken 8701 runs and taken 111 wickets in 304 ODIs for India. He has also scored 1177 runs in 58 Twenty20 matches with a strike rate of 136.66.

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