Recently, comedian Munawar Faruqui along with four others were arrested for allegedly insulting the religious sentiments of Hindus. However, a woman who attended the show took to Instagram saying that the comedian didn’t make any derogatory remarks and the police officer also said that there were no videos showing him making the remarks.

The four others who were arrested included -Edwin Anthony, Prakhar Vyas, Priyam Vyas, and Nalin Yadav. This came after Eklavya Singh Gaur, the son of a BJP MLA Malini Laxman Gaur, filed a police complaint against them for passing derogatory comments about Hindu Gods and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the show. Also, the local court rejected their bail pleas and sent them directly to judicial custody.

He was allegedly also beaten and thrashed for his comments.

Comedian Munawar Faruqi beaten by Hundutva Mob
Alleged making derogatory comments about Hindu deities

Where are those Hindutva and Librandus Who were Supporting France in Name of Freedom Speech

Where is Freedom of Speech Of Comedian Munawar Faruqui pic.twitter.com/pNFJmW3KyH

— faizan (@faizan0008) January 2, 2021

Here is a video of the show before he was arrested in Indore-

Video of Munawar Faruqui in Indore Munro cafe before he was arrested. https://t.co/oerI8yJa2l

— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) January 2, 2021

Now, several comics including Varun Grover, Vir Das, Kaneez Surka, Agrima Joshua, and Rohan Joshi, meanwhile, took to social media in support of Faruqui.

Varun Grover took to Instagram and said, “A fellow Indian, a fellow comedian is in jail and got beaten up by a mob because of the words he uttered. Here he’s trying to logically, calmly present his case but our systems now just want to brutally silence every voice… They don’t want to hear, they don’t want to even argue — they want to simply erase every shred of individual thought, every iota of reason.”

Vir Das also took to Twitter in support of the comedian. Check out the posts here-

I'm just going to leave this here. pic.twitter.com/C8eqqDzPya

— Vir Das (@thevirdas) January 3, 2021

You can't stop jokes and laughter. Not because comedians are performing it, but because people need to laugh. Harder you try, the more you're going to be laughed at, now, and by history.

Anyone who has ever tried to control humour, now has a category of jokes devoted to them.

— Vir Das (@thevirdas) January 3, 2021

Faruqui’s lawyer Anshuman Shrivastava also expressed that an FIR had been registered with a political motive and also said that constitutional provisions of freedom of speech defend comedians. What do you think? Let us know in the comments section below!

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