Actress Shilpa Shetty apologises for hurting caste sentiments

Mumbai  : Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra has apologised after a FIR was lodged against her and Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for allegedly using the word "bhangi" on a public platform that hurt the sentiments of the Scheduled Caste community.

"Some of my words from an interview in the past have been misinterpreted. It was never said with the intent of hurting anyone's



feelings," Shipa tweeted on Sunday.

"I apologise if they have. I'm proud to belong to a country that boasts of diverse castes and creeds and I respect each one of them," she added.

The FIR was lodged against Salman and Shilpa on Saturday at Andheri Police station by Navin Ramchandra Lade, General Secretary of the Rojgar Aghari Republican Party of India.