Aaj Tak primetime anchor Anjana Om Kashyap and founder-publisher of India Today Group, Aroon Purie have been booked by the Punjab police for making disrespectful remarks against the Valmiki community, Dalits.

The FIR was registered after Bharatiya Valmiki Dharam Samaj (BHAVADHAS) filed a complaint, accusing Kashyap of making derogatory comments about the saint Maharishi Valmiki during a televised show, which was widely shared on the channel’s social media platforms, The Indian Express reported on Sunday.

The complaint related to remarks made by Kashyap on her show “ Black and White “, which was broadcast on October 7 and included a discussion about the recent attempted attack on Chief Justice of India BR Gavai.

BHAVADHAS, in their complaint, described the remarks as “deeply insultin

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