New Delhi: An FIR has been lodged against Yuvraj Singh, former India cricketer and part of the World Cup-winning team, for 'racist remarks' during an Instagram live session from 2020 in Haryana. The comment made by Yuvraj was considered derogatory to the Dalit community and Yuvraj later issued an apology on social media.

A lawyer from Hisar in Haryana filed a police complaint against Yuvraj for racist remarks. According to the media report, eight months after the complaint, the Haryana Police has now filed an FIR in the case. Hansi police station in Hisar has registered a case under sections 153, 153A, 295, 505 of IPC besides sections 3 (1) (r) and 3 (1) (3) of SC / ST Act. The 'racist remarks' by Yuvraj were reportedly made during a live chat on Instagram with Team India opener Rohit Sharma. During the chat, Yuvraj used the word 'B *** G' to refer to Indian spinners, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. Yuvraj was trolled on social media for his derogatory comments.

Yuvraj told Rohit in relation to Chahal's Tiktok video, "This is not the work of 'b *** g' people, Yuzvendra and Kuldeep."
On which Rohit replied, "Have you seen the video of Yuzvendra with his family. I told him right there that he is making his father, you are not mad." Yuvraj apologized after being trolled on social media for 'derogatory' comments and said he never believed in inequality.

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