Samay Raina Appears Before Maharashtra Cyber Cell After A Month In India’s Got Latent Row
Samay Raina appeared before the probe agency nearly a month after he was asked to appear before the investigative officers in-person.
India’s Got Latent Controversy: Stand-up comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina on Monday arrived at the Maharashtra Cyber Cell office in Navi Mumbai to record his statement over the controversy surrounding his YouTube show, India’s Got Latent.
Raina appeared before the probe agency nearly a month after he was asked to appear before the investigative officers in-person.
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Mumbai, Maharashtra: YouTuber Samay Raina arrives at the Maharashtra cyber cell to record his statement in India’s Got Latent case pic.twitter.com/oImgh39bgI— IANS (@ians_india) March 24, 2025
A total of 42 people, including Raina, have been summoned in the matter.
Earlier, Raina had requested the Cyber Cell to appear via video conferencing as he was abroad. However, the agency turned down the request and summoned to appear in-person.
Raina Rescheduled His India Tour
Last week on Thursday, the comedian announced to reschedule his India tour. He took to his Instagram stories and shared an update regarding his upcoming shows in the country. Tickets for all his shows were sold out completely via advanced bookings. However, Raina revealed that everyone will get refunds shortly.
“Hello guys, I am rescheduling my India tour. You all will get the refunds shortly. See you soon," Samay Raina wrote with a red heart and a folded hands emoji.
What’s The Controversy?
A massive row got triggered after Allahbadia, also known as Beerbiceps, asked a contestant about the “size of his p****" and even offered Rs 2 crore if he “sucked his d***". But he didn’t stop there. He went on to pose an outrageous question lifted from a recent episode of a YouTube show. The question was: “Watch your parents have sex every day for the rest of your life. Or would you join in once and stop it forever?"
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court came down heavily on Raina for speaking out about the ongoing controversy, saying that the young generation thinks it is “oversmart" and “they know more".
The top court’s remarks came while hearing a petition by Allahbadia, whose remarks sparked massive outrage across the country.
“There are some people who are writing articles on free speech etc. We know how to handle them also. Every fundamental right is followed by duty. There are restrictions also," Justice Surya Kant said.
Raina, who was on the Canada tour last month for “Samay Raina Unfiltered’, had addressed the controversy around his show and had said to the crowd, “Thanks for paying my lawyer’s fees".
(With inputs from agencies)
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