India on Wednesday formally asked the British government to look into alleged incidents of racism against Indian actress Shilpa Shetty and take action against those involved. The actress allegedly received racist slurs from British participants of a television reality show, Big Brother, of which she is a part.The spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, Navtej Sarna, said the British government has been urged to deal with the incident according to their laws.
The Indian High Commission in London has been asked to look into details of the incident and report to MEA headquarters in New Delhi. A spokesman for the British High Commission in New Delhi confirmed that an official from the MEA had called them seeking more information on the incident.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, who is visiting India, condemned the incident, the High Commission spokesman said.
Referring to 10,000 complaints having been received from viewers of the show, Brown said,
"We want Britain to be seen around the world as a country of fairness and a country of tolerance." read more Source Hindustantimes
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