?Comedian? Munawar Faruqi and four others arrested for insulting Hindu gods

Madhya Pradesh police have arrested stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqi and four others for passing indecent remarks against Hindu gods and Union Home minister Amit Shah during a programme. Police said the comedy show was held at a cafe in 56 Dukan area in the city on Friday. These five were arrested on the complaint of Eklavya Singh Gaur, son of local BJP MLA Malini Singh Gaur.

“A case was filed late on Friday night against stand- up comedian Munawar Faruqui, a resident of Junagadh in Gujarat and four Indore-based persons based on a written complaint filed by Eklavya Singh Gaur, who also submitted a controversial video footage of the comedy show,” in-charge of Tukoganj police station Kamlesh Sharma said. As per the complaint, indecent remarks were passed against Hindu gods and goddesses and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the show, Sharma said.

Four other arrested persons were identified as Edwin Anthony, Prakhar Vyas, Priyam Vyas and Nalin Yadav, the police said. All of them were booked under IPC sections 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), section 269 (unlawful or negligent act likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) and other relevant provisions.

“Such objectionable talks were going on during the comedy show. We made a video of them and stopped the show by taking the audience out of the cafe. Then we caught the comedians and organisers of the show and took them to Tukoganj police station,” Sharma said.