Mumbai police Tuesday issued third summons to comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR registered over his remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Kamra, who has already secured an interim anticipatory bail in the matter till April 7 from Madras High Court, was expected to join the inquiry early this week.
As he did not show up, the Khar police served third summons to him asking him to join the probe by April 5, police sources said.
Meanwhile, sources said that the Khar police have served notice to few members of the audience who were present in the Kamra’s February 2 stand-up show at the Habitat studio in Khar where he made the remarks against Shinde. The notice asked to visit police station and record their statement as witness.
Senior police officers refrained from commenting on the matter.
Four FIRs have been filed against Kamra over his remarks against Shinde during a standup show titled “Naya Bharat”.
In the first case, police issued him two summons, but Kamra has not turned up before the police. The first case was filed on a complaint by Shinde Sena MLA Murji Patel, while other cases were filed at different districts of Maharashtra and later transferred to the Khar police station as the stand-up show was performed at Habitat studio in Khar.
After a video clip of the show was uploaded online, Sena workers had vandalised the studio on March 23.
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Following this, the police arrested 12 Sena workers, who were later released on bail.