Comedian Munawar Faruqui was released from a jail in Indore late on Saturday, a day after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court,...
Comedian Munawar Faruqui was released from a jail in Indore late on Saturday, a day after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, PTI reported. Faruqui had been in jail since January 1 for allegedly insulting Hindu deities during a show.
Earlier in the day, the authorities at Indore Central Jail had refused to release Faruqui, saying that they had not received any official order for the same, The Indian Express reported.
“We had earlier not received the order, however, a judge from the Supreme Court called up the chief judicial magistrate of Indore and asked him to check the website for the uploaded orders and in case it was already uploaded, to comply by it,” Indore Central Jail Superintendent Rajesh Bangde told the newspaper. “We checked the site and it was uploaded and hence he was released at 11 pm.”
Shortly after his release, Faruqui told NDTV he had complete faith in the judiciary and refused to comment further. The comedian, then, left for Mumbai.
#MunawarFaruqui to @ndtv @ndtvindia The matter is subjudice before the court and I have full faith in the administration, judiciary won't make any further comment at this stage @ravishndtv @ReallySwara @vinodkapri @soniandtv @Suparna_Singh @manishndtv @SreenivasanJain pic.twitter.com/yqLjP8Tt5D
— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) February 6, 2021
Faruqui had been granted bail on Friday by a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices...
