Bengaluru police deny permission to Munawar Faruqui's show, stand-up comedian says 'I'm done'

The Bengaluru police have denied permission to Munawar Faruquis standup comedy show in the city on Sunday amid protest by the Hindu rightwing outfits who alleged that the artist had hurt the Hindu sentiments in one of his showsYes we have denied him permission He will not perform any public show today a senior police officer told PTI on condition of anonymity Faruqui also shared a statement on social media confirming that his Bengaluru show that had sold 600 plus tickets was cancelled in the wake of the threats to venue vandalism and said he was doneMy name is Munawar Faruqui And thats been my time you guys were a wonderful audience Good bye Im done he said The proceeds from the show were supposed to be donated to late Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumars charitable organisation In the same statement the 29yearcomic said they initially did not want to reveal that the show was for charityPutting me in jail for the joke I never did to cancelling my shows which has nothing problematic in it This is unfair This show has gained so much love from people in India irrespective of their religion This is unfair sic he added in his Twitter statementNafrat jeet hai Artist haar gaya Im done Goodbye INJUSTICE pictwittercomla4xmaeQ0Cmdash munawar faruqui munawar0018 November 28 2021Faruqui claimed that his 12 shows were called off in the last two months because of the threats to the venue and audiences The comedian also claimed they have a censor certificate of the show which proves there was nothing problematic in the standup act Faruqui however found support in actors Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub and Swara BhaskerAyyub urged the comic to not lose hope And WE Failed once again as a societyiquest looking forward to see you back on stage he tweeted Bhasker described the turn of events as heartbreaking and shameful and apologised to FaruquiA project of hate amp bigotry twill always hate an articulate rational educated charming talented amp funny Other who connects beyond identity with a heterogeneous public make no mistake Munawwar Umar Khalid amp other such articulate Muslims are a huge threat to Hindutva she wrote on the microblogging siteAlso its heartbreaking amp shameful how we as a society have allowed bullying and gaslighting to become normalised Im sorry Munawwar she said in a followup tweetAccording to reports Faruqui had planned a performance Dongri To Nowhere on Sunday evening The show was organised in Bengaluru by Vishal Dhuria and Siddharth Das of New Delhibased Curtain Calls Event However various rightwing organisations including Sriram Sena and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti had lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru city police Commissioner against the comedian charging him of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus by allegedly insulting Hindu GodsThe inspector of the Ashokanagar police station in the city under whose jurisdiction the Good Shepherd Auditorium falls wrote a letter to the organisers on Saturday to call off the event as the comedian is a controversial figure It is learnt that Munawar Faruqui is a controversial figure Many states have banned his comedy shows It is learnt that a case has been registered against him in the Tukoji police station in Indore of Madhya Pradesh the inspector said in his letterHe also stated that many organisations are opposing his show which may cause chaos disturb peace and harmony and create a law and order problem Therefore it is suggested that you should cancel Faruquis standup comedy show the letter said Earlier this year Faruqui was arrested by the Indore Police in a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and was in jail for almost a month The comic who has alleged heavy trolling against him on social media in the past was released from the Indore central jail on February 7 after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the caseAlso Read Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Modi to stop flights from countries affected by new Covid variantFaruqui and four others were arrested on January 1 following a complaint by a BJP MLAs son that objectionable remarks about Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were passed during a comedy show at a cafe in Indore on New Years day The Apex court also stayed the production warrant issued against Faruqui by a court in Prayagraj in connection with an FIR lodged thereThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever