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Problems don't seem to end for Pandya, Rahul

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February 06, 2019 20:44 IST
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Pandya, Rahul, Karan Johar booked in Rajasthan over remarks on women

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul on the Koffee With Karan couch with Karan Johar, the show's host

In fresh trouble for cricketers Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul and filmmaker Karan Johar over comments on women made on a television show, the police here have registered a case against them.

 

The two cricketers were made to sit out of the India-Australia ODI series and were briefly suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India after a row over their comments on chat show 'Koffee with Karan', which many thought were sexist and vulgar.

The first information report (F.I.R.) was lodged on the directions of a magistrate's court, Luni station house officer Bansi Lal said on Wednesday.

Local resident D R Meghwal had approached the court seeking an order for the police to register a case against the three men.

The petitioner termed the remarks indecent and said they were made deliberately to increase the popularity of the show.

In his complaint, Meghwal said Johar deliberately presented content that humiliated women.

He referred to the content as 'promiscuous' and 'gender-biased' in nature.

Meghwal had filed another case against Pandya last year, complaining about the cricketer's alleged comments on Twitter against Dalit icon B R Ambedkar.

Pandya had rejected that allegation, saying the Twitter account did not belong to him.

After the row over the celebrity chat show, Hardik Pandya had apologised for his remarks.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India called the two players back from the Australia tour and placed them under suspension.

The suspension was lifted after the BCCI's Committee of Administrators approached the Supreme Court, asking it to appoint an ombudsman to inquire into the matter.

In a television interview, Johar too experessed regret saying he felt responsible for what the two cricketers were going through. Meanwhile, the BCCI has considered behavioural counselling for young cricketers.

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