India all-rounder Hardik Pandya finds himself in a soup after a special SC/ST court on Wednesday directed the police to file an FIR against him over a tweet on BR Ambedkar. The tweet, however, was posted by a parody account, and not by Pandya, it has emerged. In a tweet posted in December last year, a spoof account has posted, “Which Ambedkar ??? It appeared quite derogatory for a figure like Ambedkar and was an attempt to spread hatred and create division in the society. He was retained by Mumbai Indians ahead of the auction for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League.

Source: Hindustan Times March 22, 2018 06:31 UTC