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| Racism row UK police to probe email |
| In the latest twist in the ongoing controversy over Shilpa Shetty
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| INDIA
, 17-January-2007
9:38:12 AM |
| In the latest twist in the ongoing controversy over Shilpa Shetty, the British Police will now investigate emails that have threatened Shilpa's housemates.
It is two days after the first complaints started coming in that the Bollywood actress had been a victim of racism on the UK reality TV show Big Brother.
Channel 4, the company that produces the show, has received two threatening emails against a number of Shilpa's housemates.
Save Shilpa campaign
A save Shilpa Shetty campaign is gaining momentum in the United Kingdom.
The British-Asian community is now actively championing Shilpa's cause with campaigns on the Internet and SMS.
One of the sponsors of the show, Carphone Warehouse, a mobile phone retailer, is rethinking it's sponsorship after the racism allegations.
British Asian author and actress Meera Syal has strongly criticized Britain's Channel 4.
Syal, who is a leading opinion maker among the South-Asian community in the United Kingdom and a vocal supporter of the rights of Asian women, said, "There is a very thin line between what is entertainment and a vile spectacle and I think we are in that area now."
Media watchdog Ofcom has received more than 15,000 complaints about how Shilpa was targeted by her housemates.
The Indian Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, has contacted the UK High Commission in Delhi, and has asked Britain to take action.
Earlier, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma had said such comments have no place in a civilized world.
"Racist slurs and such remarks have no place in civilized society. India has throughout firmly rejected all forms of discrimination and racism," said Sharma
On Tuesday, the matter was even raised in the House of Commons by Labour MP Keith Vaz who said this behaviour was unacceptable.
Shilpa has been having an exceptionally hard time dealing with the racist slurs on the wildly popular reality show aired on Britain's Channel Four.
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