A BJP leader from Delhi has lodged a complaint against actor-comedian Vir Das alleging that he used "derogatory" statements against India at an international platform with an intention to malign the country's image, police said.

In his complaint lodged at the New Delhi district police station, Delhi BJP vice president and spokesperson Aditya Jha has alleged that Das, during the show at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, said in India, women are worshipped in the day and raped at night. All such "derogatory" statements were made on an international platform maligning the image of women and the country, Jha claimed.