On Christmas, after spilling alcohol over a cake and lighting it ablaze, Ranbir Kapoor was accused of "insulting the Sanatan Dharma" by screaming "Jai Mata Di." A resident of Mumbai lodged a complaint at a local police station against Ranbir and his family members after seeing his widely shared Christmas video.
A copy of the complaint is available online and states that the complainant has accused Ranbir and his family of “deliberately invoking Hindu Gods and Goddesses by sprinkling intoxicating liquor on the cake and offering it to fire while celebrating any other religious festival with the intention of insulting the Sanatan Dharma there”.
The complainant requested that the actor be booked under sections 295(A), 298, 500, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. However, no FIR has been filed in the case as yet.
According to reports, Sanjay Tiwari, who filed the complaint claimed that in the video, the actor is seen pouring liquor on cake and setting it on fire while saying "Jai Mata Di". In Hinduism, fire god is invoked before invoking other deities, but Ranbir and his family members deliberately used intoxicants while celebrating the festival of another religion and chanted "Jai Mata Di", the complaint said. This hurt the complainant's religious sentiments, it alleged.