NEW DELHI – Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya lands into serious trouble aslocal court has ordered as FIR against the national cricketer.

A court in Jodhpur on Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Police to registeran FIR against cricketer Hardik Pandya for a tweet allegedly disrespectingDr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

The directive was issued to the police by the court while hearing apetition filed against the cricket over the tweet which he posted onDecember 26, 2017.

According to reports, the petition was filed by one DR Meghwal, an advocateand a member of the Rashtriya Bhim Sena in the Jalore district ofRajasthan. The petition was filed under the SC-ST Act.

Reports said that Meghwal had earlier approached a police station in Luniin Rajasthan for an FIR against the cricketer, but was refused by thepolice officials. Following this, he approached the Jodhpur court. Thepetition refers to a tweet posted by Pandya in December.

The tweet reportedly said, “Which Ambedkar ??? The one who drafted a crosslaw and constitution or the one who spread the disease called reservationin the country”.

On March 20, 2018, the Supreme Court had taken note of the rampant misuseof the stringent Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act against government servants and held that there shall be noimmediate arrest on any complaint filed under the law. Before arresting apublic servant under the SC/ST Act, a preliminary probe by an officer notbelow the rank of deputy superintendent is a must, the court said.