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The Maharashtra Cyber constabulary person registered a lawsuit against stand-up comedian Pranit More, web developer Himanshu Jangra and others for allegedly disseminating "obscene and objectionable" contented connected societal media, and summoned them for an inquiry, an authoritative said connected Thursday (June 11, 2026).
Mr. More and Mr. Jangra are astatine the centre of a contention implicit remarks made during a drama amusement successful Gurugram that allegedly glorified coercion and non-consensual behaviour towards a woman.
The lawsuit was registered astatine the Nodal Cyber Police Station present pursuing preliminary probe into viral video clips from the amusement hosted by Mr. More, said a cyber constabulary official.
The videos contained violative remarks concerning women, consent, and deceased persons that interruption nationalist decency, helium said.
"One of the viral clips featured remarks by Himanshu Jangra suggesting an entitlement to carnal intimacy successful speech for wealth spent during a date, which portrayed women successful a derogatory mode and trivialised consent," the authoritative said.
Another clip from the aforesaid amusement featured Dr. Sejal Pawar making derogatory comments regarding aesculapian cadavers and deceased antheral bodies utilized for acquisition purposes, which authorities flagged arsenic highly disrespectful to the dignity of the deceased, helium said.
The arguable clips were published connected platforms similar YouTube and Instagram with the nonsubjective of driving up viewership, the authoritative said.
The lawsuit was registered against Mr. More, Mr. Jangra, Mr. Pawar and different unidentified individuals nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on with the Information Technology Act, helium said.
Summons person been issued to Pranit More, Himanshu Jangra, and Dr. Sejal Pawar, directing them to look earlier Maharashtra Cyber for an enquiry and to grounds their ceremonial statements, the authoritative said.
Maharashtra Cyber has besides issued an advisory urging contented creators, integer influencers and net users to comply with ineligible frameworks portion producing online material, helium said.
The constabulary person besides warned citizens against sharing the arguable material, noting that downloading oregon disseminating obscene contented could invitation strict ineligible enactment nether IT and transgression laws.
The contention began aft Mr. Jangra recounted, during the show, a day erstwhile helium spent ₹370 connected a sheet of chickenhearted biryani. When the pistillate asked him to driblet her home, helium said helium sought intersexual favours for the wealth helium spent connected the biryani. Mr. More was seen laughing astatine the comment.
Both the radical progressive apologised aft facing backlash connected societal media, and the comedian besides deactivated his Instagram account.
Earlier successful the day, the National Commission for Women (NCW) summoned Mr. More and Mr. Jangra, taking suo motu cognisance of media reports and a viral video of the show. NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Haryana Director General of Police, seeking contiguous enactment and a study wrong 7 days.
