As we earlier informed you that Palak of “Comedy Nights With Kapil” was accused of disrespecting religious feelings and had to face legal charges, an FIR was lodged against him by Dera Sacha Sauda in view of the fact that he imitated Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on the show. And now he is taken into custody for the same and sent for a judicial custody of 14 days in Haryana’s Kaithal. However, prior to detaining, he was produced before Kaithal Chief Judicial Magistrate Nandita Kaushik.
Haryana Police took him into custody from Mumbai and booked under IPC section 295 A for ‘outraging religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious belief’ on 31st December. According to police, some Uday Singh, Dera Sacha follower, filed a complaint and hence a case had been lodged.
This is what ANI tweeted with regard to the arrest of Kiku Sharda:
Actor Kiku Sharda (who plays Palak in "Comedy Nights with Kapil") arrested for mimicking Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2016
Actor Kiku Sharda has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody for mimicking Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2016
Kiku apologized before media subsequent to being arrested and maintained that he’s just a performer and presented the programme on the directions of the channel and programme producers”.
The actor further added, “I was given a dress, script to read and directed to act.” As per him, he was detained for mimicking; however, not any action had been taken against Colors TV as well as others. The actor stated that he was merely aimed at entertaining people, not for hurting anyone’s religious emotions. He tweeted an apology in December, 2015:
Doston the act on TV was not to hurt anyone's feelings. My apologies to @Gurmeetramrahim ji and his followers. Let's spread happiness. 🙏
— kiku sharda 🇮🇳 (@kikusharda) December 28, 2015
