Ranveer Allahbadia faces legal heat over obscene claims

Popular YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, widely known as BeerBiceps, is facing controversy after an episode of "India's Got Latent" with the comedian Samay Raina. The episode has provoked considerable backlash and has resulted in legal complaints for allegedly “promoting obscenity.”

This was came after both Allahbadia and Raina got a complaint filed by Akshit Singh as posts by handle @HinduITCell on social media platforms like X (previously Twitter). This complaint has been filed with the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A

The MIB has directed Deputy Secretary Amarendra Singh to probe the show's content and the Government action is evident in a screenshot of the complaint dated February 9.

Separate complaints were also filed with the Mumbai Police Commissioner and the State Women and Child Commission. Advocate Rahul Easwar in a written submission has alleged that his videos that have been made public are full of “offensive and obscene language” and that the same lacks appropriate content warning and might result in the demoralisation of the public and minors being exposed to such explicit videos.

Easwar, in his complaint to the Mumbai Police Commissioner, said that Allahbadia’s questions were “highly offensive, grossly obscene, and detrimental to public decency and ethics". He added, “It was broadcasted on a public platform without any age restrictions, thereby exposing impressionable viewers, including minors, to explicit and indecent content.

Although law enforcement officials have commenced a preliminary investigation at the filming location, no formal charges have been filed against the accused parties.

During the controversial episode, Allahbadia posed a series of bold questions that resonated poorly with audiences. Notably, he asked a contestant about the "size of his p****" and followed with another provocative dilemma lifted from another YouTube show: "Watch your parents have sex every day for the rest of your life, or would you join in once to stop it forever?"

The episode has evoked mixed reactions across social media. While some users demand the removal of Allahbadia's and Raina's online channels, bolstering the complaints against them, others commend the complainant Singh for his intervention, deeming the action a safeguard for Indian society. There is a growing call among critics for audiences to boycott the creators by unfollowing them from digital platforms.