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An FIR has been registered against Ranveer Singh astatine the High Grounds Police Station successful Bengaluru for allegedly insulting Hindu spiritual sentiments and the Chavundi Daiva contented of coastal Karnataka.
The lawsuit was filed connected Wednesday, according to NDTV.
What the ailment alleges
The FIR stems from an incidental a fewer months agone erstwhile Ranveer Singh faced disapproval for mimicking the Daiva country from Rishab Shetty’s Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 during a nationalist event. The alleged enactment took spot astatine the closing ceremonial of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held successful Goa connected November 28, 2025.The lawsuit has been booked nether Sections 196, 299 and 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The ailment was filed by Prashanth Methal (46), a Bengaluru-based advocate.According to the FIR, the complainant alleged that Ranveer Singh made derogatory remarks and performed a mocking signifier enactment that demeaned the revered Daiva tradition. Methal claimed that the histrion imitated expressions associated with Panjurli and Guliga Daiva successful a crude and comical manner.The ailment further alleged that Ranveer referred to the ineffable Chavundi Daiva arsenic a “female ghost”.
Why the remarks are being contested
The FIR clarifies that Chavundi Daiva is simply a revered guardian deity symbolising divine feminine vigor successful the coastal regions of Karnataka. Portraying the deity arsenic a ghost, the complainant stated, amounted to a superior misrepresentation that wounded spiritual sentiments and caused intelligence agony to devotees.The complainant stated that helium came crossed a video of the show connected December 2, 2025, portion scrolling done Instagram astatine the Karnataka State Billiards Association successful Bengaluru.
The video was reportedly shared by an relationship named Brief Chaat.The FIR further alleges that the enactment was deliberate and malicious, with the volition of outraging spiritual feelings and promoting hatred and enmity wrong society.
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Matter earlier Bengaluru court
A backstage ailment was filed connected December 27, 2025, earlier the Additional Judicial Magistrate successful Bengaluru. On January 23, 2026, the tribunal directed the High Grounds constabulary to registry an FIR nether Section 175, Clause 3 of the BNS.
The substance has present been referred to the 1st Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court successful Bengaluru and is scheduled to beryllium heard connected April 8.
