Bigg Boss 9 contestant Yuvika Chaudhary was arrested on Monday, over a casteist slur in a video she posted online. Yuvika, who was booked under the SC/ST Act, was later granted interim bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The actress, who is back in Mumbai now, says, "I didn't know until a few days ago that a case had been filed against me. When I got a notice, I was in Pune shooting for a project. I had to leave everything and go for the investigations. As a law-abiding citizen of India, law comes above everything else for me and hence I travelled immediately to Haryana. There the police asked me several questions and they even have the phone through which the video was uploaded. I am back in Mumbai now but I hope everything gets sorted soon."
The actress says there are many other important issues in the country, which need to be addressed, but she has had to pay a price for being a public figure.
“Six months ago too I had said that I didn’t use the word for any one and I didn’t even know the meaning of it. I can never do such a thing. But now since it has happened, I can only apologise as much as I can,” she says.
The actress’s husband Prince Narula has stood by a rock with her. “He is my partner and he has been there with me through out this entire process. Him being there has made things really easy for me and I am glad that I have him as my husband,” Yuvika signs off.
In her previous interview with us she had mentioned, "I don’t know about others but I keep away from things, whether it's reacting to a political situation or anything else for that matter. Main apni life mein mast rehti hoon and I do my work. I always support the good things happening in society. In the video too I was only saying it to myself and not to someone else. I realised people were hurt and hence I apologised. I love peace and I'm not the kind of person to ever trouble others.”
