Not living there: Kamra as cops reach Mumbai ‘home’

Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Monday failed to appear before the Khar police in connection with the case registered for his “traitor” jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, while a team went to his Mahim “home” to “check” his availability.

The comedian later took a jibe at the police saying the visit was a waste of time and public resources as he had not been living there for the past 10 years.

Kamra was supposed to appear before the Khar police during the day, an official said, adding it was the second time he was summoned.

“A Khar police team went to his house in Mahim, where his family stays, to check whether he would appear in connection with the case or not. Since he did not, further course of action will be decided soon,” the official said.

In a post on X, Kamra said, “Going to an address where I haven’t lived for the last 10 years is a waste of your time and public resources.” The first notice seeking his appearance was issued last week, and the comedian’s request for seven days’ time was denied by police.

The Madras High Court on March 28 granted interim anticipatory bail to Kamra on the condition that he execute a bond to the satisfaction of the judicial magistrate at Vanur in Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu.

Kamra had submitted he moved to Tamil Nadu from Mumbai in 2021 and has been “ordinarily a resident of this State (Tamil Nadu) since then” and that he feared arrest by the Mumbai police.

Last week, three FIRs against him at Nashik Rural, Jalgaon and Nashik (Nandgaon) were transferred to the Khar police station, where a case has already been registered on the complaint of Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel. The studio where Kamra shot his video lampooning Shinde over the split in the Shiv Sena is located in Khar.