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'Traitor Remark': Kunal Kamra moves Madras High Court seeking pre-arrest bail

Kunal Kamra Madras Eknath Shinde Mumbai Police Tamil Nadu
Comedian Kunal Kamra

Chennai: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, facing heat over his jokes on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, moved the Madras High Court on Friday seeking transit anticipatory bail in the matter.

Also Read | 'Traitor Remark': Kunal Kamra gets interim anticipatory bail from Madras HC

Kamra submitted he hails from Tamil Nadu's Vullupuram district and feared arrest by Mumbai Police.

Also Read | 'Traitor remark': Police visits Kunal Kamra's Mumbai home

Twice summoned by the Mumbai police, the 36-year-old stand-up comic's caustic comments on Shinde during his latest show in Mumbai have landed him in trouble and triggered a huge row.

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