Samay Raina appears before Assam Police

YouTuber Samay Raina on Saturday appeared before the Assam Police here in connection with a case filed against him and four others for allegedly promoting obscenity on a publicly accessible online show, a police officer said.

Raina, who had earlier informed the police that he was out of the country, appeared before the investigating officer of the Crime Branch, Guwahati Police. “He was examined and his statement recorded in connection with the case,” the officer said.

The Guwahati Police had registered a case on February 10 against Raina and YouTubers and social media influencers Ranveer Allahbadia, Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh, Apoorva Makhija, among others, for promoting obscenity and engaging in sexually explicit and vulgar discussion in a publicly accessible online show, causing a serious harm to public decency and morality.

Jaspreet Singh and Apporva Makhiija were yet to appear before the police who have sent them summons again after they sent emails that they were out of the country. The owner of the place where the shooting of the controversial show took place has also been named in the FIR, the officer said.

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