Vadodara: Former Bigg Boss Contestant’s ‘Younger Brother’ Detained For Threatening Comic Agrima Joshua

The National Commission for Women earlier on Sunday promised to take a strict action against Shubham Mishra

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Vadodara: After facing an ire on the social media, YouTuber Shubham Mishra was detained by the Vadodara City Police on Sunday evening for giving open rape threats to female stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua for her jokes on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The Vadodara City Police team took to the Twitter and announced that the concerned authorities took suo moto action in respect of an abusive, threatening video which was uploaded and shared on Social media by Shubham Mishra. The police further informed that they have detained him and initiated legal process for registration of FIR against him under the relevant section of IPC and IT act.

The action came after Mishra uploaded a video against Joshua in which he used filthy, derogatory and abusive language and also threatened her. In the video, he could be heard threatening Joshua of rape for her ‘jokes’ on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Soon his video went viral inviting massive rage from netizens and various celebs including Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar and comedian Kunal Kamra. Swara took to the Twitter condemning the video of Shubham Mishra by saying, "This man belongs in jail! He is openly threatening to rape a young woman, and is inciting other men to do the same.. what exactly are we waiting for ????? " 

Good tweeple! Do your thing!!!! Pls RT the tweet below and tag Mumbai police and Maharashtra govt handles and make this potential rapist who is at large accountable ! #ArrestBadassShubhamMishra for publicly threatening to rape #AgrimaJoshua and inciting other men to do the same! https://t.co/KLoF8iz6PY

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 11, 2020

ALSO READ | Kartik Aaryan Gives A Hilarious Reply To A Fan Who Asks Actor About His Wedding Similarly, comedian Kunal Kamra tagged official Twitter handle of National Commission for Women asking for their intervention in the matter. "Dear NCWIndia, does this concern you, we see this scumbag give open threats to a female comedian who has already apologised & taken her objectionable video down," he Tweeted.  Upon Acknowledging the content on the video, NCW earlier on Sunday promised to take strict action against Shubham Mishra. NCW took to its official Twitter handle and said: Keeping in line with  #NCW's commitment towards ensuring safety of #women online, our Chairperson @sharmarekha has written to @dgpgujarat for taking immediate action against Shubham Mishra, the man hurling abuses against a female comedian in this video.  

Furthermore, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh who had instructed Mumbai police and Cyber cell to take action against Joshua's offending video, now also ordered to take action against Mishra for his objectionable and threatening language. He condemned the use of wrong language and asked the Mumbai police to take appropriate legal action against the person.

Shubham Mishra is a popular name on almost all the social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. With over 298K subscribers, Mishra has gained massive popularity for showing aggressive rage towards current affairs and hot topics of the news. He has often been dragged under the spotlight for his distasteful rant on some content creators and their ideologies. A month ago he shot a video with former Big Boss contestant 'Hindustani Bhau' in which the latter addressed him as his younger brother. ALSO WATCH | Rajasthan Dy CM Sachin Pilot to join BJP tomorrow: Sources