Mumbai police Tuesday issued third summons to comic Kunal Kamra in reference to the FIR registered over his remarks in opposition to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Kamra, who has already secured an interim anticipatory bail within the matter until April 7 from Madras Excessive Courtroom, was anticipated to hitch the inquiry early this week.
As he didn’t present up, the Khar police served third summons to him asking him to hitch the probe by April 5, police sources mentioned.
In the meantime, sources mentioned that the Khar police have served discover to few members of the viewers who had been current within the Kamra’s February 2 stand-up present on the Habitat studio in Khar the place he made the remarks in opposition to Shinde. The discover requested to go to police station and file their assertion as witness.
Senior cops avoided commenting on the matter.
4 FIRs have been filed in opposition to Kamra over his remarks in opposition to Shinde throughout a standup present titled “Naya Bharat”.
Within the first case, police issued him two summons, however Kamra has not turned up earlier than the police. The primary case was filed on a criticism by Shinde Sena MLA Murji Patel, whereas different instances had been filed at completely different districts of Maharashtra and later transferred to the Khar police station because the stand-up present was carried out at Habitat studio in Khar.
After a video clip of the present was uploaded on-line, Sena staff had vandalised the studio on March 23.
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Following this, the police arrested 12 Sena staff, who had been later launched on bail.
