Comedian Kunal Kamra’s Bengaluru shows cancelled amid threats to venue

Comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday said that his shows scheduled in Bengaluru over the next 20 days have been cancelled because of threats to the venue. However, he did not mention who had issued the threats.

“They have been cancelled for two reasons,” he said in a tweet. “Firstly we didn’t get permission to seat 45 people in the venue that can seat more. Secondly, threats have been made to shut down the venue if I were to ever perform there.”

On Wednesday, a spokesperson of Art Khoj where Kamra was going to perform, confirmed that the show was cancelled, The News Minute reported. However, the spokesperson refused to say if the organisation had got directions from the police to do so.

Cancelling comedy shows 101.
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— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) December 1, 2021

This comes three days after comedian Munawar Faruqui’s event in Bengaluru was called off after the police warned the organisers against hosting a “controversial figure”. It had led to Faruqui sharing a note indicating that he might have to quit being a comedian.

Over the past few months, Faruqui’s shows have been cancelled in Raipur, Surat, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Goa, and Mumbai as Hindutva groups have targeted him. In January, he had been arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city before a show as Hindutva groups complained…

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