‘India’s Got Latent’ row: Ranveer Allahbadia fails to appear before police for second time, cops find his Versova home locked

A team from the Khar police station was sent to his Versova residence after Allahbadia failed to turn up for the second time. A team from the Assam Police, which is also Investigating a criminal complaint against Allahbadia, also accompanied the Khar police team. However, Allahbadia’s residence was found to be locked. The police have pasted a notice outside his residence asking him to appear before them soon.

A police officer said that Allahbadia’s lawyer, too, was not reachable.

Following the uproar over the viral clip of India’s Got Latent show, first, the Assam Police and then the Maharashtra cyber police registered separate FIRs against Allahbadia, content creator Ashish Chanchlani, influencer Apoorva Mukhija, the show’s creator Samay Raina, and others, for allegedly making obscene content and broadcasting it on YouTube.

The Khar police, too, commenced an inquiry after receiving multiple complaints. So far, the Khar police have summoned the five judges of the show including Allahbadia and Raina. The police have recorded statements from over a dozen people including Chanchlani, and Mukhija.

The Maharashtra cyber police have also summoned nearly 59 people including all the judges, participants, and others who were part of the episodes where ‘foul language’ was used. On Thursday, only Raghu Ram responded to the summons, and his statement was recorded.

Allahbadia has apologised for his ‘insensitive joke’ by sharing a video on social media platforms.

Raina also announced on social media that he has removed all the episodes of India’s Got Latent from YouTube and will fully cooperate with the agencies. As per his legal team, Raina is currently in the US and will return to India by February 17 and join the probe.