KATHMANDU, August 29: Kathmandu District Court (KDC) has ordered police to release standup comedian Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh on bail. 

A single bench of judge Madhav Prasad Mainali ordered the release of Singh on bail amount of Rs 250,000, according to KDC.

Earlier on August 28, Singh was arrested on the charge of hurting the sentiments of the Newar community through a comedy video.The arrest came a day after a group of social activists filed a filed a complaint at the District Police Range, Kathmandu, demanding action against him for satirizing the art and culture of the Newar community and hurting the sentiments of Newar people.

In a video posted on the YouTube channel called 'Comedy Cafe', Singh had satirized the issues of Newari delicacies, Newari language pronunciation, Bel Bibah in a standup comedy titled 'Newar tradition'. The video has already been removed from YouTube.

The video had drawn huge criticisms on social media after it was released. Singh had removed the video and apologized via Facebook. He had also requested that this issue should be resolved as mistakes happen.

“Let's end this matter here, mistakes happen. I did not upload that video to upset the Newar community. I had not done the research properly. I made a mistake while trying to make people laugh. I will look into it carefully in the future. I apologize to everyone,” Singh had said.

 
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