: ‘Hatred won, an artist lost,’ says comedian Munawar Faruqui as his Bengaluru show gets cancelled #IndiaNEWS Comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show in Karnataka’s capital city Bengaluru was cancelled

‘Hatred won, an artist lost,’ says comedian Munawar Faruqui as his Bengaluru show gets cancelled #IndiaNEWS
Comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show in Karnataka’s capital city Bengaluru was cancelled on Sunday after the police wrote a letter to the organisers advising them against hosting a show by a “controversial figure???, India Today reported. In an Instagram post, Faruqui suggested that he might not do any more shows. “I think this is the end,??? he wrote. “My name is Munawar Faruqui and that’s been my time. You guys were wonderful audience. Goodbye, I’m done.???Over the past few months, the comedian’s shows have been cancelled in Raipur, Surat, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Goa, and Mumbai as Hindutva groups have constantly targeted him since he was arrested in January in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city. Based on a complaint filed by the son of a Bharatiya Janata Party politician, the police had detained Faruqui before he started the Indore show. He was arrested on the basis of complaints about a purported joke that he had not even made. The complainant had alleged that the comedian was going to make objectionable statements about Hindu gods during the show. Four others were arrested along with him on the same charges. On Saturday, Faruqui shared his Instagram post on Twitter with the caption: “Nafrat jeet hai, Artist haar gaya[hatred won, an artist lost]. Im done! Goodbye!...Read more

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