Mumbai-based comedian held for remarks against Amit Shah

A Mumbaibased standup comedian Munawar Faruqui and four others were arrested for allegedly passing indecent remarks against Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a show at Indore in Madhya Pradesh a police official said on SaturdayPolice said the comedy show was held at a cafe in 56 Dukan area in the city on FridayThe complaint in this regard was filed by Eklavya Singh Gaur 36 son of local BJP MLA Malini Laxman Singh Gaur based on which comedian Faruqui and four others were arrested police saidGaur and his associates had gone to the show as an audience where they objected to the comments and created a ruckus over it They also forced the event to stopA case was filed late on Friday night against standup comedian Munawar Faruqui a resident of Junagadh in Gujarat and four Indorebased persons based on a written complaint filed by Eklavya Singh Gaur who also submitted a controversial video footage of the comedy show incharge of Tukoganj police station Kamlesh Sharma saidAll the five accused were later arrested he saidAs per the complaint indecent remarks were passed against Hindu gods and goddesses and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the show Sharma saidFour other arrested persons were identified as Edwin Anthony Prakhar Vyas Priyam Vyas and Nalin Yadav the police saidAll of them were booked under IPC sections 295A deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs section 269 unlawful or negligent act likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life and other relevant provisionsMeanwhile talking to reporters Gaur said After purchasing the tickets my associates and I went to the comedy show where Faruqui was performing as the main comedian The show mocked the Hindu deities by passing indecent comments The Godhra incident and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were also mentioned inappropriately during the showSuch objectionable talks were going on during the comedy show We made a video of them and stopped the show by taking the audience out of the cafe Then we caught the comedians and organisers of the show and took them to Tukoganj police station he saidGaur who is also the convener of local outfit Hind Rakshak alleged that the instruction to maintain physical distance was also not being followed during the comedy show and it was organised without the permission of the authoritiesAt least 100 spectators were sitting in a small hall of the cafe he saidSome media reports said that the standup comedian was also thrashed by the workers of Hind Rakshak during the ruckus in the cafeHowever Gaur denied the chargeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever