Comedian Yash Rathi.
Chhattisgarh’s Durg police have registered a case against comedian Yash Rathi. He is accused of using abusive words in the Mirage 5.0 program organized at IIT Bhilai. Many videos of his show are going viral on social media. According to the police, a case has been registered following the complaint of the IIT management and some organisations. Yash Rathi show was organized at the institute on November 15. In which the students, their parents, teachers and officials were present.
A case has been registered against comedian Yash Rathi under section 296 of the Indian Justice Code (BNS) at Jewra Sirsa police outpost in the district. The police are investigating the matter. Angered by the abusive language used by Yash Rathi in the programme, some organisations, including Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, National Students Union of India and Karni Sena, expressed their anger over this. He lodged a complaint against Yash Rathi with the IIT management and the police. The IIT management has also registered a case with the police in this matter.
Yash Rathi’s show hosted at Mirage 5.0
According to police, the annual Miraj festival was organized at IIT Bhilai. Comedian Yash Rathi’s show was organized at the institute on November 15. After the show started, Yash Rathi started using abusive language during the comedy. IIT Bhilai director Professor Rajiv Prakash said that when Yash Rathi used abusive language, the management stopped him and asked him to get off the stage in the middle of the programme. He said that the institute’s annual festival program also organized monologues, but such indecent language was never used. Many video clips of the program are going viral on social networks, in which abusive language is used.
The people who came to watch the show were embarrassed.
When comedian Yash Rathi started using abusive words during the show, many people were embarrassed. In the video clips that went viral, many people were seen covering their ears with their fingers. These also include university professors. Some people got up from the program and left. Meanwhile, a member of the organizing committee called Yash Rathi on stage and asked him to cancel his show. The controversy increased when the video went viral. A case has been registered against comedian Yash Rathi on a complaint that he allegedly used objectionable words during a show at the institute’s annual festival at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai in Durg district, a police officer said.
