Kunal Kamra booked for ‘Gaddar’ remarks on Eknath Shinde; case registered against 40 Shiv Sena workers for vandalising Habitat studio

The Mumbai police on Monday registered an FIR against humorist Kunal Kamra for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde all the arrangement through a masks, officers acknowledged.

The police also registered a case against nearly 40 Shiv Sena workers for allegedly vandalising the Habitat Studio in Mumbai’s Khar space, where Kamra’s masks with “gaddar” (traitor) jibe at Shinde became as soon as filmed, besides to a lodge in whose premises the studio is found, they acknowledged.

A extensive number of Shiv Sena workers on Sunday night gathered out of doorways Hotel Unicontinental, where the studio is found. They allegedly ransacked the studio and the lodge premises, the police acknowledged.

Particularly, the Habitat Studio, where Kamra’s masks became as soon as held, is an identical venue where the controversial ‘India’s Obtained Latent’ masks had been filmed.

After a video went viral exhibiting Kamra allegedly the say of defamatory phrases against Shinde, Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel lodged a police criticism.

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— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) March 23, 2025

In step with the criticism, the MIDC police here registered a First Files Legend (FIR) in the early hours of Monday against Kamra under various Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) actions, alongside side 353(1)(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 356(2) (defamation), an respectable acknowledged.

In the nearly 2-minute video, Kamra also mocked the ruling NCP and Shiv Sena, the MIDC police situation respectable acknowledged, alongside side an investigation became as soon as underway.

One other FIR became as soon as registered by the Khar police against 19 Shiv Sena functionaries, who were named, alongside side Rahul Kanal (Yuva Sena), Vibhag Pramukh Kunal Sarmarkar and Akshay Panvelkar, and 15 to 20 unidentified persons for allegedly vandalising the Habitat Studio besides to ransacking the lodge properties, an respectable acknowledged.

Panvelkar, Sarmarkar and other Shiv Sainiks entered the lodge and studio and damaged them, Khar police sub-inspector Vijay Saed, on whose criticism the FIR became as soon as lodged, alleged in his insist.

They had been shouting slogans esteem “Shiv Sena Zindabad”. When the police intervened, they allegedly pushed the on-duty police personnel and also manhandled the lodge staffers. They had been later introduced to the police situation for added probe, Saed acknowledged.

The case against the Shiv Sainiks became as soon as registered under various BNS sections, alongside side for negative inner most property and unlawful meeting, the respectable added.

The video of Kamra’s jibe at Shinde became as soon as also posted on X by rival Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut by asserting “Kunal Ka Kamal”.

Kamra taunted Shinde the say of a modified version of a Hindi song from the movie “Dil To Pagal Hai”, eliciting laughter from the viewers.

Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske on Sunday warned Kamra that he would be chased by the birthday party workers all the arrangement through the nation. “You can be forced to fly India,” he acknowledged in a video message.

Calling Kamra a “contract comic”, Mhaske acknowledged he set apart no longer need stepped on the “tail of a snake (it seems referring to Shinde)”.

“Once the fangs are out, there can be dire penalties,” he warned.

The MP from Thane also alleged that the comic had current money from Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and became as soon as focusing on Shinde.

Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel acknowledged he would masks “Kamra his stage” and requested him to apologise.

In a put up on X slack Sunday night, Thackeray acknowledged, “Mindhe’s coward gang breaks the comedy masks stage where comic @kunalkamra88 put out a song on eknath mindhe, which became as soon as 100 per cent correct. Handiest an alarmed coward would react to a song by anyone.”

“By the blueprint, law and mutter in the dispute? One other try to undermine the CM and Home Minister by Eknath Mindhe,” he acknowledged.

(With Inputs From PTI)