Mumbai: Vijay Deverakonda has landed in a soup for making derogatory remarks against tribals in the course of a speech on the Pahalgam terror attack at a recent event.
Hyderabad-based lawyer Lal Chauhan filed a complaint with SR Nagar police on Thursday, alleging that the popular actor compared the Pahalgam terrorists to tribals, which has hurt the sentiments of the tribal community.
The complainant further stated that the tribal community has demanded an immediate apology from Deverakonda for belittling them, Telangana Today reported.
Police assured the complainant that necessary action as per law will be taken against the actor after obtaining a legal opinion on the complaint.
At the pre-release event of the Suriya-starrer ‘Retro’, Deverakonda gave a rousing speech on the Pahalgam tregedy.
“The solution to what is happening in Kashmir is also to educate them (terrorists) and ensure they don’t get brainwashed. What will they achieve? Kashmir belongs to India, and Kashmiris are ours,” the actor said.
Calling out Pakistan and terrorists, he added, “India doesn’t even need to attack Pakistan because Pakistanis themselves are fed up with their government and will attack them if this continues. Asalu 500 years back tribals kokkutunnatu, veelu buddi lekunda, minimum common sense lekunda chese panulu. (They behave like tribals did 500 years ago, fighting without common sense).”
On April 22, armed gunmen opened fired at tourists vacationing at the Baisaran valley in Pahalgam, leaving 26 innocent civilians dead.
Following the attack, several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to condemn the attack.
