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Ranveer Allahbadia row: NCW chief Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar said Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija had submitted an apology letter to the panel
Ranveer Allahbadia faces flak over his controversial comment in a comedy show.
A day after social media influencers Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in connection to the “watch parents have sex” remark made on comic Samay Raina’s show India’s Got Latent and expressed regret over the entire episode, the women’s panel chief shared what Allahbadia told them. She added that the duo would be summoned again.
NCW chief Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar said Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija had submitted an apology letter to the panel. She said, “Ranveer told the panel that he could not reverse what happened, but he’d act with caution in future.”
Rahatkar said the kind of language used was indecent and the commission would never accept such comments.
“I condemn the kind of statements made, we took suo motu cognisance keeping in view the social impact of such statements,” she said.
“We have told them that the kind of statements used, we can proceed against you,” she added.
Ranveer, Apporva Appear Before NCW
Social media personalities Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija appeared before the National Commission for Women on Thursday. Producers of the show — Saurabh Bothra and Tushar Poojari — and lawyers of comic Jaspreet Singh and YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani also appeared before the panel, they said.
They all appeared individually in front of the Commission. Sources said Allahabadia and Mukhija were quizzed for hours and they expressed regret over the whole episode.
The Commission had taken serious note of the vulgar and offensive remarks made by Allahbadia, Makhija, Raina, Jaspreet Singh and Ashish Chanchlani on the show and summoned them as well as Poojari and Bothra.
Several FIRs were lodged against Allahbadia, popularly known as BeerBiceps, for the comment on parents and sex on Raina’s show.
However, the Supreme Court has granted Allahbadia interim protection from arrest over his comments on the show while calling it “vulgar” and saying he had a “dirty mind” which put society to shame
