Rights body asks YouTube to remove video containing ‘vulgar’ remarks by podcaster ‘BeerBiceps’
Ranveer Allahbadia jokingly made the comments during an episode of the talent show ‘India’s Got Latent’, hosted by comedian Samay Raina.
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The National Human Rights Commission has written a letter to streaming platform YouTube seeking the removal of a video containing “vulgar and explicit” remarks made by YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia on a comedy talent show, India Today reported on Monday.
Allahbadia, known for his podcast and YouTube channel BeerBiceps, made the remarks during an episode of the show India’s Got Latent, hosted by comedian Samay Raina, which was released on Sunday. Allahbadia and other content creators – Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh and Apoorva Mukhija – participated on the show as guest judges.
On Monday, a complaint was also filed with the Mumbai Police and the Maharashtra State Commission for Woman against Allahbadia, Raina, Mukhija and the organisers of India’s Got Latent, The Hindu reported.
“An inquiry is going on [in the matter],” The Indian Express quoted Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 9) Dikshit Gedam as saying. No case has been registered so far, according to the newspaper.
In the episode, Allahbadia asked a contestant an explicit question relating to their parents. This was in line with the show’s pattern of provocative humour from both judges and participants.
In its letter to YouTube, the National Human Rights Commission said it had received a complaint from a man named Yogendra Singh Thakur alleging that the show contained “highly objectionable, inappropriate, and obscene remarks about Indian society”, India Today reported.
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