Mumbai, March 24- Mumbai Police has registered a case against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a show. Not only this, the police have also registered a case against 40 Shiv Sena workers who allegedly vandalized the Habitat studio and hotel in Mumbai's Khar area. It is claimed that Kamra's show 'Gaadar' was filmed in the same studio, in which the alleged remarks against Shinde were made.
Police said that a large number of Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the Hotel Unicontinental on Sunday night. They allegedly vandalized the hotel and the studio in it. It is worth noting that the Habitat studio is the same place where the controversial show 'India's Got Latent' was filmed.
Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel had filed a complaint against Kamra. The MIDC police registered a case against the stand-up comedian under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (353(1)(b) and 356(2)) in the wee hours of Monday on the basis of Patel's complaint. In the two-minute video that went viral on social media, Kamra is seen mocking the ruling NCP and the Shiv Sena. An official said that another FIR has been registered by the Khar police against 19 Shiv Sena leaders. These include Rahul Kanal (Yuva Sena), department heads Kunal Sarmarkar and Akshay Panvelkar and 15 to 20 unidentified persons, who are accused of vandalizing the Habitat studio as well as vandalizing the hotel properties. Khar Police Sub-Inspector Vijay Said, on whose complaint the FIR was registered, alleged in his statement that Panvelkar, Sarmarkar and other Shiv Sainiks entered the hotel and studio and vandalised them.