An FIR has been registered towards Ranveer Singh on the Excessive Grounds Police Station in Bengaluru for allegedly insulting Hindu non secular sentiments and the Chavundi Daiva custom of coastal Karnataka. The case was filed on Wednesday, in accordance with NDTV.
What the grievance alleges
The FIR stems from an incident a number of months in the past when Ranveer Singh confronted criticism for mimicking the Daiva scene from Rishab Shetty’s Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 throughout a public occasion. The alleged act passed off on the closing ceremony of the Worldwide Movie Pageant of India (IFFI), held in Goa on November 28, 2025.
The case has been booked below Sections 196, 299 and 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The grievance was filed by Prashanth Methal (46), a Bengaluru-based advocate.In accordance with the FIR, the complainant alleged that Ranveer Singh made derogatory remarks and carried out a mocking stage act that demeaned the revered Daiva custom. Methal claimed that the actor imitated expressions related to Panjurli and Guliga Daiva in a crude and comical method.The grievance additional alleged that Ranveer referred to the sacred Chavundi Daiva as a “feminine ghost”.
Why the remarks are being contested
The FIR clarifies that Chavundi Daiva is a revered guardian deity symbolising divine female power within the coastal areas of Karnataka. Portraying the deity as a ghost, the complainant acknowledged, amounted to a critical misrepresentation that damage non secular sentiments and brought on psychological agony to devotees.The complainant acknowledged that he got here throughout a video of the efficiency on December 2, 2025, whereas scrolling by means of Instagram on the Karnataka State Billiards Affiliation in Bengaluru. The video was reportedly shared by an account named Temporary Chaat.The FIR additional alleges that the act was deliberate and malicious, with the intention of outraging non secular emotions and selling hatred and enmity inside society.
Matter earlier than Bengaluru court docket
A non-public grievance was filed on December 27, 2025, earlier than the Further Judicial Justice of the Peace in Bengaluru. On January 23, 2026, the court docket directed the Excessive Grounds police to register an FIR below Part 175, Clause 3 of the BNS. The matter has now been referred to the first Further Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace (CMM) Court docket in Bengaluru and is scheduled to be heard on April 8.
