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The comedian’s act hasn’t gone down too well with the supporters of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh…
Kiku Sharda has been in the news since yesterday morning, following his arrest by the police in a mimicry case against him. The comedian, who is a part of Kapil Sharma’s Comedy Nights With Kapil, was arrested by the Goregaon Police yesterday for hurting religious sentiments of a few people after he mimicked the sect head of Sirsa headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in Zee TV’s Jashan-e-Umeed.
He was released on bail after submitting a bond of Rs 1 lakh, however he was rearrested by the Haryana police yesterday night and has been released a few minutes ago. While, this controversy keeps going, many people have come in support of the comedian who had said to have mimicked the religious head for amusement and not to hurt anyone. He even apologised and said, “I have a lot of respect for Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singhji. The look [on the show] wasn’t deliberate; it just happened to match [Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s look]. We didn’t plan it as a spoof on him. It’s a coincidence, and it is unfortunate. I am sorry that people felt hurt. We never try to do any such thing intentionally, or try to get headlines out of it, or want people to talk about our show in this manner. There is nothing more to it.”
Bollywood stars like Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha, Twinkle Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and many more took to Twitter to voice their thoughts. Here is what they had to say in support of Kiku Sharda:
Sonakshi Sinha:
Someone imitates god – nothing. Kiku imitates someone – gets arrested. This is wrong on SO many levels its not even funny.
— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) January 13, 2016
Alia Bhatt:
TRUE THAT !!! https://t.co/2CMKUe6bTO
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) January 13, 2016
Farah Khan:
#KikuSharda pic.twitter.com/3KBxnaA1v2
— Farah Khan (@TheFarahKhan) January 13, 2016
Rishi Kapoor:
See this picture!I would like to play this rockstar in a film. Let me see who puts me behind bars? Go Kiku Sharda! pic.twitter.com/8Dfre237NY
— rishi kapoor (@chintskap) January 13, 2016
Twinkle Khanna: A country where everything is sacred except laughter #KikuSharda
Mini Mathur: The agenda is to systemically silence all opinion & free speech. So no one can question anything anymore. Can’t everyone see it #KikuSharda
Boman Irani: First things first, If the man has sincerely apologised could someone please put him out of his misery!!! #kikusharda
Sophie Choudry: WTH?!!!!!! This is insane!!! We have really lost the ability to laugh at ourselves.. Hope u ok @kikusharda
Shirish Kunder: Changing my bio to ‘Godman’. I’ve 2.47 lakh followers. Anyone making fun of me will now be arrested under section 295A of IPC. #KikuSharda
Farah Khan: #KikuSharda [https://twitter.com/TheFarahKhan/status/687238767472594944]
Vir Das: I don’t see our leaders getting arrested for behaving like comedians everyday.
Ranvir Shorey: WTF! This is absurd!
Vishal Dadlani: Heard @kikusharda’s been remanded to judicial custody for mimicking RamRahim on TV! Absurd! RamRahim’s ‘films’ are the real joke, anyway!
Raghu Ram: Ppl who can’t take a joke are losers. Did I offend you? Good!
Rahul Mahajan: #Asaram key witness gets killed or go missing , Ram Rahim using films to do money laundry . And who gets arrested @kikusharda