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AIB in trouble over Modi post

| | Jul 14, 2017, at 10:45 pm
Mumbai, July 14 (IBNS): Comedy group AIB has landed itself in a controversy after they were accused of posting offensive content on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In its Facebook page, the group posted a photo of a Modi lookalike with a Snapchat dog filter and captioned it ‘Wanderlust', triggering a controversy.

As per media reports, an FIR has been filed against the group.

The Mumbai Police tweeted: "Thank you for bringing this to our notice.We are forwarding this to the cyber police station."

The group has deleted the image from Facebook.

But a group member, comedian Tanmay Bhat‏ tweeted: "PS: Will continue making jokes. And deleting if necessary. And making jokes again. And Apologizing if necessary. Don't care what you think."

 

Image: AIB Facebook page

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