Comic Kunal Kamra, who landed in trouble after his joke on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde sparked a massive controversy, wrote a letter to Mumbai Police requesting that his statement be recorded via video conferencing.
A third summons was issued to him on April 2 when he was asked to appear before the cops for questioning on April 5. However, Kamra failed to comply with these summonses, leading to his request for a video-conference option to give his statement.
Meanwhile, Kamra has secured interim anticipatory bail in the matter till April 7 from the Madras high court, which provides temporary protection from arrest in a jurisdiction different from the one where the FIR has been filed.
Sources earlier told to media Kamra told police officials that he would cooperate with the investigations, but presently he was not in Mumbai. He also told police that he ‘won’t apologise’ for his remarks, sources added. Later, in a detailed statement, Kamra asserted that it was not against law to make fun of leaders.
