The Dalit Samaj of Nuapada district on Monday lodged a complaint at the Khariar police station against Baba Ramdev for hurting sentiment of the Dalit community.
"The words ‘picnic’ and ‘honeymoon’ in Dalit bastis are very insulting and abusive which directly hit the dignity of Dalit women and hurt the emotion of Scheduled Caste people, especially the untouchables," said the written complaint submitted to the Inspector-in-Charge of the Khariar police station.
President of District Schedule Caste Welfare Society Fakir Mohan Jagat told the media, "The statement of Guru Ramdev has dealt severe mental humiliation and insult to us, and on behalf of the SC community of Nuapada, I strongly condemn and protest the insulting and abusive words."
Jagat informed that the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Khariar initially refused to accept the complaint stating that the place of occurrence is far from the jurisdiction of the Khariar police.
"After a lot of discussions on the Prevention of Atrocity Act 1989, the SDPO finally accepted the complaint as a station diary but not as an FIR," said Jagat. More than 100 people belonging to different Dalit communities had arrived at the police station to lodge the complaint. District office-bearer of SC Welfare Society Nimai Charan Tandi along with block presidents of the society were also present.