In addition to the backlash on social media, police complaints were filed in financial capital Mumbai and Guwahati city in the northeastern state of Assam against Allahbadia, Raina, an influencer named Apoorva Mukhija who was part of the panel, and India’s Got Latent for promoting obscenity.
The issue continued to escalate, however, with local media reporting that a Mumbai police team visited Allahbadia’s home on Tuesday and Priyanka Chaturvedi, a member of parliament, saying she would raise the issue in the national legislature.
While the police in Mumbai are still conducting an inquiry, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared on X that a First Information Report, the first step in any police procedure on the commission of a cognizable offence, had been filed.
Podcaster awarded by Modi in trouble with police over incest joke Ranveer Allahbadia apologises for comment made on YouTube comedy show.
The video of the episode featuring Allahbadia was taken off YouTube on Tuesday following a request from the National Human Rights Commission India member Priyank Kanoongo.
