The Maharashtra Cyber Police have registered an FIR against the jury, producers and the person who uploaded the controversial episode of Samay Raina’s show ‘India’s Got Latent’ on YouTube. The FIR comes after allegations that the show promoted obscenity and contained sexually explicit, vulgar discussions. In addition, the Maharashtra Cyber unit has written to YouTube demanding the deletion of all videos related to the show. Maharashtra State Cyber Cell Special IG Yashashvi Yadav has confirmed these developments on the crass joke row.

All the shows uploaded on YouTube by the organisers have been thoroughly scrutinised from the first episode to the last, and FIRs have been registered against everyone who has participated as a judge,” Yadav said while speaking with mid-day. While reviewing Samay Raina’s YouTube channel—the brain behind “India’s Got Latent”—it was noted that all episodes of the show are hosted on his channel. The first episode was uploaded seven months ago, and the latest episode went live just two weeks ago. Currently, the channel features around 12 episodes; however, some, including the controversial one featuring Ranveer Allahbadia, have been removed from YouTube.