Allahbadia row: Police records statements of Apoorva Mukhija, Ranveer's manager

Amid Ranveer Allahbadia row Mumbai Police on Wednesday recorded the statements of four persons including social media influencer Apoorva Mukhija in connection with the controversial comments made by Ranveer Allahbadia on YouTube show Indias Got Latent reported the PTIThe statements of four persons including Mukhija and Allahbadias manager but not Allahbadia himself were recorded said an official of Khar police stationApoorva Mukhija was part of the reality showAccording to the ANI Apoorva Mukhija and YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani have said in their statement to the police that this show is not scripted In the show the judges and the participants are told to talk openly In Indias Got Latent show no payment is made to the judges However the judges have the freedom to post the content of the show on their social media To participate in this show as a spectator one has to buy tickets and the money that comes from the ticket sales is given to the winner of the show the police saidSocial media influencer Apoorva Mukhija and YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani have said in their statement to the police that this show is not scripted In the show the judges and the participants are told to talk openly In Indias Got Latent show no payment is made to the judgeshellipmdash ANI ANI February 12 2025Earlier the Maharashtra Cyber Department had on Tuesday registered a First Information Report against the showThe FIR has been filed against more than 30 individuals who took part in the show the officials saidThe case involves allegations related to inappropriate content the officials saidThe Maharashtra Cyber Police have requested YouTube to remove all videos related to the show from its platform said the officialThe Maharashtra Womenrsquos Commission has written a letter to the Mumbai Police Commissioner urging the registration of a case against Samay Raina Ranveer Allahbadia Apoorva and other associates and requesting that action be taken to ban the showThe Commission alleges that the program featured insensitive remarks toward women which demeaned and humiliated them and it has directed that appropriate measures be taken to impose a ban on the programMaharashtra Womenrsquos Commission Chairperson Roopali Chakankar submitted the letter to the Police CommissionerMeanwhile the National Commission for Women NCW on Tuesday asked Allahabadia Samay Raina Apoorva Makhija Jaspreet Singh and Ashish Chanchlani as well as the shows producers Tushar Poojari and Saurabh Bothra to appear before it on February 17 in New DelhiRanveer Allahbadia on Monday said that he was sorry after being widely criticised for his words on a showIn a video message Ranveer Allahbadia said Many of you asked if this is how I wish to use my platform Obviously this is not how I wish to use my platform I am not going to give any context justification or reasoning behind whatever happened I am just here for an apology I personally had a lapse in judgement It wasnt cool on my partRanveer Allahbadia who has over 16 million followers across social media platforms landed in the soup after a video of his controversial comments started making the rounds on social media and led to a massive debate on freedom of speech and what constitutes decencyThe issue was also raised in Parliament by Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske who called for a law to regulate social mediaNilotpal Mrinal Pandey a functionary of the Maharashtra BJPs Uttar Bhartiya Morcha had on Monday filed a complaint against Ranveer Allahbadia and others after the controversy brokeIf the police did not register an FIR against Allahbadia and other participants of the show he would move the court he told reporters on WednesdayPandey also claimed that offensive language was used about disabled persons on the reality show He himself is disabled and action should be taken against the participants of the show in this regard too he said the PTI reportedwith PTI and ANI inputs