Shubham Mishra arrested after a video of him abusing a comedian went viral. Read more here.
26-year-old Shubham Mishra was arrested by the Vadodara police for hurling abuses at comedian Agrima Joshua in a video that went viral. The video made by him was full of derogatory remarks and was offended as the comedian made some joke on Shivaji Maharaj Statue, over a year ago.
Dear @Vadcitypolice 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 This Shubham Mishra is a resident of Baroda.. pls take suo moto cognisance. #arrestshubhammishra https://t.co/Zl97KZn67P
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 12, 2020
Dear @GujaratPolice if I have your attention…This is Shubham Mishra who is seen abusing a female comedian and openly giving out rape threats to her.I hereby request you to take legal actions against this scumbag under the liable sections of the IPC. #arrestshubhammishra pic.twitter.com/NPnkg6595v
— Laksh Sharma (@laksshs) July 12, 2020
Giving Rape Threat Is Not Normal.
Immediate Action Should be taken and an example need to be set..#ArrestShubhamMishra pic.twitter.com/Z2bglGqnAg
— J☸KER (@Wh_So_Serious) July 12, 2020
The video was posted on Saturday and received backlash from a lot of influencers, activists, and many other people and Subham Mishra took his video down after a while. Suo moto action was taken against him by the Vadodara police and he was arrested on Saturday night.
Vadodara City Police took suo moto action in respect of an abusive, threatening video which was uploaded and shared on Social media by Shubham Mishra.
We have detained him and initiated legal process for registration of FIR against him under relevent section of IPC and IT act. pic.twitter.com/XM6J8y4nDx
— Vadodara City Police (@Vadcitypolice) July 12, 2020
“We have detained him and initiated legal process for registration of FIR against him under relevant section of IPC and IT act,” read their Tweet.
Agrima Joshua also apologized in a video and said she did not mean to hurt anyone in the audience and the joke wasn’t aimed to hurt any religious sentiments.
The arrest came after The National Commission for Women (NCW) demanded action from Vadodara Police.