YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on Saturday issued a fresh statement amid ongoing India's Got Latent controversy. He said that he has been receiving death threats and people are invading his mother's clinic. "I am feeling scared... But, I am not running away," the podcaster said. Allahbadia AKA 'BeerBiceps' had made distasteful comments about parents and sex on comedian Samay Raina's now-deleted YouTube show 'India's Got Latent'.
'I am genuinely sorry', says Ranveer in a statement
"My team and I are cooperating with the police and all other authorities. I will follow due process and be available to all agencies. My remark about parents was insensitive and disrespectful. It is my moral responsibility to do better and I am genuinely sorry... People have invaded my mother's clinic posing as patients. I'm feeling scared and I don't know what to do. I'm not running away. I have full faith in the police and the judicial system of India."
India's Got Latent controversy
Crass remarks by Allahbadia, popular on YouTube for his ‘BeerBiceps’ channel, about parents and sex on comedian Samay Raina’s now-deleted YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’ have sparked massive outrage, leading to complaints from several persons. Teams of Mumbai and Assam police on Friday visited the podcaster’s residence in Mumbai but found the flat locked, an official said.
Along with Mumbai police, an Assam police team also wants to question Allahbadia in a case registered in Guwahati on a complaint by a resident there for alleged promotion of obscenity in a publicly accessible online show. The case in Guwahati was registered on Monday.
Besides Allahbadia and Raina, others named in the case in Assam are Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh and Apoorva Makhija.
The Mumbai police (Khar police station) have recorded the statements of eight persons, including Makhija, Chanchalani and Allahbadia's manager, on a complaint filed by a BJP functionary. However, the city police have not registered any FIR in this connection so far.