Overview
- Division Number 4 police in Ludhiana registered the FIR after a complaint by Chaudhary Yashpal of the Bharatiya Valmiki Dharam Samaj.
- India Today Group chairman Aroon Purie and Living Media India Ltd are listed as co-accused with the Aaj Tak journalist.
- The complaint cites remarks about Maharishi Valmiki during an episode of Black and White that discussed the attempted attack on Chief Justice B.R. Gavai.
- Police invoked Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 299 and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Section 3(1)(V).
- Valmiki community leaders, including Yashpal and Vijay Daanav, demanded immediate arrests, while police say the case remains at the investigation stage with no arrests reported.