Jaaved Jaaferi to take legal action against social media user over fake tweet

Actor Jaaved Jaaferi says he will file a defamation suit against a social media user for circulating an alleged fake tweet under his name.

A screenshot in the name of Jaaferi was doing the rounds on social media claiming the actor made anti-Hindu comments.

In a video on Twitter, the actor said he will not take the matter lightly and wondered how "hate spreads so quickly in this country."
The actor mentioned the Twitter handle of a person who apparently shared the screenshot first and that of another who tweeted a video, asking the actor to reply if "you dare."
Jaaferi said it's "shameful" that at a time when people across the world are rising above "caste, creed, religion and race in the name of humanity," some are still spreading "lies and hate."