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The Mumbai Police on Wednesday recorded the statements of four persons including social media influencer Apoorva Mukhija in connection with the controversial comments made by Ranveer Allahbadia on the YouTube show "India's Got Latent". Statements of four persons including Mukhija and Allahbadia's manager -- but not Allahbadia himself -- were recorded, said an official of Khar police station. Mukhija was part of the reality show.

The Maharashtra Cyber Department had on Tuesday registered a First Information Report against the show. Nilotpal Mrinal Pandey, a functionary of the Maharashtra BJP's Uttar Bhartiya Morcha, had on Monday filed a complaint against Allahbadia and others after the controversy broke.

Ranveer Allahbadia, who has over 16 million followers across social media platforms, landed in the soup after a video of his controversial comments started making the rounds on social media and led to a massive debate on freedom of speech and what constitutes decency. He tried to defuse the situation by issuing a video apology where he called his comment a "lapse in judgement" but the issue has refused to die down.

The issue was raised in Parliament by Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske who called for a law to regulate social media. The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday asked Allahabadia, Samay Raina, Apoorva Makhija, Jaspreet Singh, and Ashish Chanchlani, as well as the show's producers Tushar Poojari and Saurabh Bothra to appear before it on February 17 in New Delhi.

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Catch updates in the case:

- The contentious video was pulled down from the YouTuber platform following intervention by the I&B Ministry and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

- Allahbadia, in a video message, apologised for his act in the show, stating that “comedy is not my forte” and “it wasn’t cool”.

-  Mumbai cops were seen outside Allahbadia’s residence in Mumbai on Tuesday.

- Besides Allahbadia, FIRs have also been registered against influencers Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh, Apoorva Mukhija and Samay Raina. 

- The FIR filed by the Maharashtra cyber department stated that Samay Raina ‘deliberately uploaded’ the controversial episode of his show featuring Ranveer Allahbadia to create ‘outrage’, as per News 18.

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- A parliamentary panel has planned to take up the issue, asserting the need to enact regulations and laws to cover social media platforms. The issue was also raised in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.