The High Grounds police have registered a case against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh following a complaint alleging “insult to religious sentiments” during a public event, police said on Thursday. According to the complaint, the incident pertains to the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa on November 28, 2025. The complainant said he is a devotee of ‘Chavundi Daiva’, a revered guardian spirit worshipped in Bhoota Kola rituals, and that the deity is also his family deity, which he has worshipped since childhood. Referring to the deity as a ghost was described in the complaint as “blasphemous and a serious insult to Hindu religious beliefs and practices”. The complainant alleged that the accused, being a widely followed public figure, performed the act on an international platform with knowledge that it would hurt the religious sentiments of devotees.