Amid the burning controversy over Ranveer Allahbadia's obscene remarks on the now-deleted India's Got Latent comedy show, the YouTuber on Saturday finally broke his silence, saying that he is "scared" for his life, claiming that he and his family have been facing repeated death threats.
Opening up about his family's ordeal, Allahbadia claimed that people, posing as patients, had been frequenting his mother's clinic. Allahbadia's mother is a Mumbai-based doctor.
Taking to his official Instagram handle, Allahbadia said, "I'm watching death threats pour in from people saying that they want to kill me and hurt my family. People have invaded my mother's clinic posing as patients. I am feeling scared, and I don't know what to do."
Allahbadia further mentioned that he was not running away from the police and has "full faith in the police and the judicial system." On Friday, Allahbadia had skipped the second summons from the Mumbai Police in connection with the questioning over his obscene remarks. The Mumbai Police said that Allahbadia's residence was locked, and his phone was also unreachable.
The Instagram post comes a day after Allahbadia's lawyer filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking urgent listing of the matter, which was dismissed by the top court later on with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna stating that "oral mentioning of the case is not permitted". In his plea, Allahbadia claimed that apart from facing constant death threats, people have called for "his tongue to be severed."
