Sunday , November 24 2024

FIR against 4 veteran players of Team India, accused of making fun of disabled people

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Harbhajan Singh and other players controversial video: Some players of the legendary Indian team, which became champions by defeating Pakistan in the final of the recently concluded World Championship of Legends tournament, are now in the news for a new reason. In which Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina have been embroiled in a big controversy.

What is the matter?

Actually the matter is that after winning the tournament, these players did something which was not necessary for celebration. In the video shared by Team India's veteran player Harbhajan Singh, it can be seen that Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Gurkeerat Mann are making fun of Divyang. In this, an attempt has been made to make fun of a recent popular song, which has faced criticism from critics.

FIR against all four players

An FIR has also been lodged against these four senior players. In the video, it can be seen that instead of dancing to a song while celebrating the victory, these four players are seen limping and imitating like disabled people. Then Harbhajan wrote in the caption with this video that my body is tired after playing Legends Cricket for 15 days.

The disabled community is outraged

This video shocked the disabled and there was a flood of comments on social media. India's famous para-athlete Manasi Joshi targeted these players and said that it is not right to make fun of disabled people suffering from polio in this way. Apart from this, the Indian Paralympic Association also expressed displeasure over this and reprimanded the athletes.

NCPEDP also took action and filed an FIR

Now in this case, the National Center for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), an organization working for disabled people, has filed a complaint against the four cricketers at Amar Colony Police Station in New Delhi. Apart from this, a complaint has also been filed against Instagram's parent company Meta for allowing such videos to be posted.

Harbhajan apologized

After the video created a ruckus, Harbhajan Singh immediately issued a statement on Instagram and apologized and said that my and my teammates' intention was not to make fun of the disabled. We just wanted to say that we are tired of playing cricket continuously. Due to which our body has become like this. If anyone is hurt by our video, then we apologize. Seeing the controversy growing, Harbhajan finally deleted the video.