Comedian Kiku Sharda, best known for his role in the show Comedy Nights with Kapil, was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda.
Kiku was sent to 14-day judicial custody after police produced him before the court of Nandita Kaushik, Chief Judicial Magistrate in Kaithal.
While the comedian apologised to the followers of Sacha Sauda, tweets started flooding in from different corners in support of Sharda:
Here are some of the tweets:
I don’t see our leaders getting arrested for behaving like comedians everyday.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) January 13, 2016Ppl who can’t take a joke are losers. Did I offend you? Good!
— Raghu Ram (@tweetfromRaghu) January 13, 2016Free Speech: Rest in Peace.Hurt Sentiments: Arrest in Peace.#KikuSharda
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) January 13, 2016#KikuSharda pic.twitter.com/3KBxnaA1v2
— Farah Khan (@TheFarahKhan) January 13, 2016WTF! This is absurd! https://t.co/wAnPqhycgV
— रanviर_ डhoरeय_ (@RanvirShorey) January 13, 2016Heard @kikusharda ‘s been remanded to judicial custody for mimicking RamRahim on TV! Absurd! RamRahim’s ‘films’ are the real joke, anyway!
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) January 13, 2016Changing my bio to ‘Godman’. I’ve 2.47 lakh followers.Anyone making fun of me will now be arrested under section 295A of IPC.#KikuSharda
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) January 13, 2016WTH?!!!!!! This is insane!!! We have really lost the ability to laugh at ourselves.. Hope u ok @kikusharda https://t.co/tO23bDa4gn
— SOPHIE CHOUDRY (@Sophie_Choudry) January 13, 2016I am surprised that artists are being arrested for mimicry.It’s wrong: Bhagwant Mann on #KikuSharda #DontMockBabahttps://t.co/p5tJUQZwt9
— sanaya (@AarifaMushir) January 13, 2016But there were some supporters who also welcomed the arrest:
#KikuSharda belongs here in front of Gurmeet ram rahim Singh insaan! pic.twitter.com/hqQPjOfSBM
— जहीर (obsession) (@beard_beer) January 13, 2016And then there were some who wanted the spiritual leader to be arrested:
Plz arrest this man for impersonating RAJINIKANTH 😡 #KikuSharda pic.twitter.com/1vmfpjApVP
— Arun Gowda (@arunrush) January 13, 2016Time for Baba Ramdev to file a case on Baba Ram Rahim for mimicking him… #KikuSharda @RoflGandhi_ pic.twitter.com/0vB0dUUQAA
— Aashutosh Mishra (@aashutosh_mi) January 13, 2016
