Delhi Police denies permission for Munawar Faruqui show

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
27:
Munawar
Faruqui,
a
stand-up
comedian,
was
denied
permission
to
perform
in
Delhi
for
his
August
28
scheduled
show.
This
is
not
the
first
time
Munawar
Faruqui’s
show
was
cancelled.
His
Bengaluru
show
was
cancelled
last
week.

The
licensing
unit
of
the
Delhi
Police
denied
the
permission
citing
the
show
may
“affect
communal
harmony”.
The
Joint
Commissioner
of
Police,
Licensing,
OP
Mishra
told
ANI
that
the
permission
for
the
show
has
been
denied.

On
25
August,
The
Vishwa
Hindu
Parishad
(VHP)
had
written
to
the
Delhi
Police
to
cancel
comedian
Munawar
Faruqui’s
show.
In
its
letter,
the
VHP
alleged
that
“Communal
tension
arose
in
Bhagyanagar
because
of
Munawar’s
jokes
on
Hindu
Gods.”

Munawar
has
been
in
controversies
for
mocking
Hindu
Gods
and
Goddesses.
The
VHP
letter
further
said
that
if
the
show
is
not
cancelled,
members
of
the
VHP
and
Bajrang
Dal
will
hold
protests.

DCW
seeks
action-taken
report
from
Delhi
police,
a
day
after
girl
was
shot
at
by
stalker

Last
Saturday,
Munawar
Faruqui
hosted
a
standup
comedy
show
in
Hyderabad,
amidst
tight
security.
The
Telangana
BJP
chief
Bandi
Sanjay
Kumar
had
given
a
call
to
boycott
the
show
alleging
that
Faruqui
mocked
Hindu
Gods.

Earlier
this
week,
suspended
Telangana
BJP
MLA
T
Raja
Singh
was
arrested
by
the
state
police
for
his
remarks
on
the
Prophet
in
a
video
posted
on
social
media.
Singh
said
his
video
was
in
response
to
the
show
held
in
Hyderabad
by
Faruqui.