Pranit More assault case: 12 charged for attacking comedian over jokes on Sky Force actor Veer Pahariya

Comedian Pranit More landed himself into trouble post he cracked joke about actor Veer Pahariya. A case has been registered against 12 people for allegedly assaulting stand-up in Maharashtra’s Solapur district.

12 charged for assaulting comedian Pranit More over jokes on Sky Force actor Veer Pahariya

A police complaint claims that a group of 10 to 12 individuals attacked the comedian after More’s performance on Sunday because they were offended by his jokes that were directed at Pahariya. More has subsequently addressed the alleged assault in a social media statement. His statement reads, “They brutally attacked him, punching and kicking him repeatedly, leaving him injured.”

After the post, Solapur police summoned More to record his statement, but he failed to appear, an official said on Wednesday. Following this, the police registered a case based on a complaint filed by the owner of the restaurant where More had performed

On Tuesday evening, Pranit shared a detailed account of the entire incident on his Instagram. It read, “The leader of this attack was Tanveer Shaikh, and his gang made it clear why they were doing this they wanted to silence Pranit for making jokes about Bollywood debutant Veer Pahariya. One of them even threatened, “Agli Baar Veer Pahariya baba pe joke maarke dikha!”- a clear warning that worse consequences would follow if he dared to joke about him again.”

In response, Veer took to his Instagram stories and wrote, “I am truly shocked and saddened by what happened to Comedian Pranit More. I want to make it absolutely clear—I had no involvement in this, and I strongly condemn any form of violence. As someone who has always taken trolling in stride, laughed along with it, and shown love even to my critics, I would never encourage or support harm towards anyone, let alone someone from the same creative fraternity.”

Grandson of former Maharashtra chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Veer Pahariya made his acting debut with the action drama Sky Force alongside Akshay Kumar.

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