Kannada actor Chetan Kumar arrested over his ‘Hindutva built on lies’ tweet.

Chetan Kumar Ahimsa faces charges of insulting a religion or religious beliefs and making statements that promote enmity between classes.  

B Surendran | HENB | Bengaluru | March 21, 2023:: Controversial Kannada actor Chetan Kumar, popularly known as Chetan Ahimsa, has been arrested by Bengaluru police after his tweet on Hindutva went viral. The complaint against him stated that his tweet, which says that “Hindutva is built on lies”, allegedly hurt the sentiments of Hindus.

He was taken into custody by the Sheshadripuram police in Bengaluru. The actor was produced at a district court and sent to jail custody for 14 days. Chetan Kumar claims himself as a Dalit and Tribal activist who allegedly keeps his relationship with Pro-Hijab people and Christian proselytizers.

He faces charges of insulting a religion or religious beliefs and making statements that promote enmity between classes.

In a tweet on March 20, Mr Kumar claimed that Hindutva is built on lies. In the tweet, Chetan attacked Savarkar, Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi and Urigowda-Nanjegowda.

To prove himself as a champion of truth, the actor said that Hindutva can only be defeated by truth.

Hours after he put out the tweet, pro-Hindu organisations filed a complaint against him and an FIR was registered at the Sheshadripuram police station.

This is not the actor’s first run-in with the law. In February 2022, he was arrested for an objectionable tweet on Karnataka High Court Justice Krishna Dixit, who was then hearing the hijab case.

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__Agencies.

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