A complaint was filed against former Indian cricket team players Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina after they posted their take on the viral Tauba Tauba trend. The video showed the three cricketers grooving to Vicky Kaushal’s latest song, but their awkward movements sparked a row when people accused them of mocking the disabled with their video.
The National Council for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) filed a complaint against the three veteran cricketers in the Amar Colony police station in Delhi on Monday. The complaint was filed by the executive director of the disability rights group, Arman Ali.
While speaking about filing a complaint against the cricketers, Arman Ali said that the video featuring Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina was “an insult to more than 10 crore disabled people of India”.
“When I saw the video of Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina where they were pretending like disabled, kind of mockery on a viral song, I think it’s an insult to more than 10 crore disabled people of India,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
“Harbhajan Singh is an MP, and he should raise his voice for the disabled, but what kind of video he is making?… In India, there is an acute lack of awareness concerning disabilities. You are spreading myth and making fun of them and that’s why I have filed a complaint,” Arman Ali added.
Apart from the three cricketers, the complaint also mentions Meta India’s Sandhya Devanathan. The police complaint said that Instagram (owned by Meta) is violating the Information Technology Act by allowing such content to be posted online.
