Stand-up comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the Maharashtra Cyber Cell officials on March 28, 2025, to record his statement regarding the ongoing controversy surrounding his show ‘India’s Got Latent’. The comedian, who had been abroad for his live shows, returned to India recently after multiple summons from the authorities.

The cyber cell had asked the comedian to appear on March 27 or March 28 for questioning over the controversial statements made by podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia on the show.

Authorities recorded the statement of Samay on Monday but he was called again on Friday for questioning.

Earlier, in his statement, the comedian had expressed his regret on how everything transpired on the show. In his official statement to the authorities, he said, “I will be careful next time such a thing does not happen again. My mental state is not well due to this whole case. My Canada tour also did not go well. I am sorry for what I said, I know what I said is wrong”.

Prior to this, Samay delayed his return to India, and also rescheduled his India tour. The comedian recently took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and shared a note in which he said that he has rescheduled his India tour, and assured the audience of his tour that the money from their tickets will soon be remitted to the source of their transactions.

He wrote, “Hello guys, I’m rescheduling my India tour. You all will get refunds shortly, see you soon”.

Following public outrage, multiple police complaints were filed against Allahbadia and other people associated with the show in both Mumbai and Guwahati. The cyber cell and the Mumbai police are conducting separate investigations into the matter..

(With inputs from syndicated feed)