Khamba in dock now

One of the founding members of group AIB, Gursimran Khamba, has been accused by a woman of misconduct, but the comedian has categorically denied “any violation of consent”. The woman, who requested anonymity, posted her statement through the Twitter handle of a journalist. She said she and the comedian had “hooked up two-three times, consensually and continued being friends”, but things escalated when on two separate occasions, Khamba tried “repeatedly to make out with me while we were hanging out”. 

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Counter point

Khamba acknowledged misbehaving on being rejected, but said he never violated her consent. “I am aware of the person who’s stated the incident... in 2015 we had hooked up consensually multiple times. But I categorically deny the incident mentioned in October and December. I was not forceful.  It is true that I developed feelings for her while she was dating someone else. During that time, I felt rejected and was angry and did not behave appropriately at all. It had become a toxic relationship and I’d like to apologise unconditionally for it like I had done in the past. That behaviour was extremely uncalled for. She rightly stopped talking to me,” Khamba said. — PTI