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Police case against YouTubers Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina for remarks on India's Got Latent
The complaint came after Allahbadia asked one of the contests a 'would you rather' question on the sexual relationship of parents.
A complaint has been registered in Maharashtra's Mumbai against popular social media figures Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija, known as 'BeerBiceps' and ‘The Rebel Kid’, along with comedian Samay Raina over the alleged use of 'abusive language' on a show called 'India's Got Latent'.
The organisers of the show have also been booked along with the content creators, news agency ANI reported.
The complaint was been filed with the Mumbai Commissioner and Maharashtra Women's Commission, demanding strict action against the “accused” mentioned in the letter.
The letter, cited in the report, alleged that such remarks were “made with the intention of profiting from controversy, with no regard for the harm caused to women's dignity or the negative influence on young audiences, particularly minors, who might have been exposed to these comments.”
Content creators Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh and Apoorva Mukhija, along with 'Beer Biceps podcaster, had featured on one of the episodes of Raina's show.
During the show, Allahbadia posed a 'would you rather' question to a contest about sexual or intimate relationship between their parents. His remarks went viral on social media, with netizens spewing fire at Allahbadia.
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was also asked about the podcaster's remarks by reporters. To this he said, "I have come to know about it. I have not seen it yet. Things have been said and presented in a wrong way. Everyone has freedom of speech but our freedom ends when we encroach upon the freedom of others."
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He said that the Indian society has some rules and if someone violates them, then it is considered to be "absolutely wrong", adding that action should be taken against them.
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Several netizens reacted to clips of the show. One such comment read, "Freedom of speech is a double-edged sword. Sadly sometime its allows for the propagation of mediocrity and shock value masquerading as content."
Meanwhile, another user wrote, "People show their true colours on shows like these. Ranveer has not done anything that he is not comfortable with. Just that his mask has slipped today and people can see his real face."
"This is neither comedy nor adult humour ; it’s a sick perversion!!" wrote an X user.
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate also described Allahbadia's remark as "pervert".
"This isn’t creative. It’s pervert. And we can’t normalise perverse behaviour as cool. The fact that this sick comment met loud applause must worry us all," she said.
Ranveer Allahbadia or any other creators on the episode have so far not made any remarks on the controversy yet.
Ranveer Allahbadia, a content creator with over 50 lakh followers on Instagram and more than a crore subscribers on YouTube, had received the 'Disruptor of the Year' award by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the National Creators Award held at Delhi's Bharat Mandapam last year.
