The police said there was no intention to hurt religious sentiments as the promotional event of the actors entering the sets of a temple wearing shoes while shooting for the reality show was done in a studio.
In its action taken report (ATR) filed in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) V K Gautam, the police said the promotional event was not shot to disturb sanctity of a religious place or to hurt religious sentiments.
"However, the undersigned is ready to abide by the order passed by the court," the report forwarded by SHO of Roop Nagar Police Station and filed by sub-inspector Naveen Kumar said.
The ACMM was on leave and link magistrate Joginder Singh posted the matter for March 2 for hearing arguments.
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The court had earlier directed the police to file an ATR explaining as to what action it has taken on the complaint filed by advocate Gaurav Gulati.
The police also referred to the reply of channel producer
of 'VIACOM 18' in which it was stated that Shah Rukh Khan had appeared on the set of 'Big Boss 9' and met Salman Khan with whom he had worked in Bollywood movie 'Karan Arjun' a long time ago.
"This idea was not motivated by any intention of hurting any religious sentiments of any religious group and shooting of the promo was done in a studio and the subject incident never took place," police said, citing the channel's reply.
The complaint filed against the actors had alleged that in a video being circulated, Shah Rukh and Salman were seen wearing shoes on the sets of temple of goddess 'Kali' while shooting for an episode of Bigg Boss where the idol can be seen in the background.
Maintaining that it seemed to be a "well-planned malicious act to outrage Hindu feelings", the plea had also claimed that any kind of misdeed committed by them affected the masses.