Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's performance in Maharashtra led to vandalism after he made controversial remarks about Eknath Shinde. Police detained Sena workers and booked 20 people for vandalising the venue.
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00:00So, there was an incident of vandalism that was reported in Maharashtra where stand-up
00:10comedian Kunal Kamra had performed and a joke and in many ways words that were used against
00:18Eknath Shinde has led to trouble.
00:20Cops have detained some of the vandals who had indulged in that vandalism you can see
00:26at the venue where he had performed.
00:29It was a joke so to say but some very strong words used against Eknath Shinde including
00:35words like traitor and how he has divided the Shiv Sena, the government and more.
00:43Cops have detained one Sena youth leader as well for alleged vandalism, 20 people in total
00:48have been booked.
00:49Kamra's gaddar joke has led to outrage, Shinde Sena leader is not happy, they have been threatening
00:55him.
00:56The public has vandalised the venue and filed a case on Kunal Kamra.
01:00Now, Kunal Kamra is no stranger to controversy but this time because he has spoken on Deputy
01:05CM Eknath Shinde who many from his party are defending him saying he is the man who has
01:10come up from sheer hard work and has won as well by people's mandate.
01:16Let's listen in to what's happening because these are the visuals coming in.
01:20The venue that was vandalised, his photographs, effigies being burnt.
01:25Vidya joining me now this morning for the latest on that.
01:29Vidya interestingly is at the venue I believe, Vidya good morning, that you are at the venue
01:34which was vandalised where the Sena workers went on a rampage.
01:38What are the Sena leaders and the workers so angry about?
01:41Any statement from Kunal Kamra and how is the police proceeding with this?
01:45Well, yes I am at the hotel and where exactly, the ground floor actually has a hotel and
01:53on the first floor was a studio which was actually the main target of the Shiv Sena.
01:57If I can just show you around, you know this entire hotel also has been ransacked.
02:02You can see the hotel's doors have actually been, have come off, the glass of the reception
02:09has also been broken.
02:12Apart from that, the studio upstairs where finally the ransacking really happened, that's
02:18also in damages right now and in fact you can see a whole lot of police deployment right
02:23here to make sure that none of these incidences get repeated again.
02:29But of course as of now, the Shiv Sena have also been detained.
02:33The Mumbai police trying to make sure that those who have been, you know, though there's
02:37a case against Kunal Kamra also being filed is what we have been told, but a case against
02:42those who ransacked the hotel and the studio, that is also being registered.