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New Delhi, March 24
The Mumbai police registered a Zero FIR against comedian Kunal Kamra for cracking an allegedly objectionable joke on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a standup comedy show.
The FIR against Kamra was lodged on the basis of a complaint by Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel. Kamra has been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 353(1)(b), 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief), and 356(2) (defamation).
During the show, Kamra allegedly directed a jibe at Shinde, referring to him as a “gaddar (traitor)”. After a video clip of the remark went viral, nearly three dozen supporters of the Shiv Sena chief on ransacked the studio at the Unicontinental hotel in Khar where Kamra recorded the show. The Khar police registered an FIR against Sena activists for vandalisation.
The police have booked Yuva Sena general secretary Rahool Kanal under various sections of the BNS and the Maharashtra Police Act. They also detained 20 Sena activists.
As per Khar police’s suo motu FIR against them, “In the studio, the activists were shouting slogans. They went there and stopped the show. They also evicted the citizens there. They pushed and abused the employees working there. There was a large crowd there when they asked people to leave the hotel. At the time, a group of activists were present, including local leader Rahool Kanal.”
The complaint filed by Patel stated, “Kunal Kamra, during a stand-up comedy show at Continental Hotel, Khar, defamed our leader by making derogatory statements about his moral conduct. He also created hatred between the two political parties by tarnishing the sentiments of our party and our rival political parties towards each other.”
