New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday sent social media influencer Amir Shokeen to one day judicial custody in connection with the alleged racial harassment and humiliation of an individual from Tripura, depicted in a video circulating on social media.
The accused was produced before a Duty Judge at the Tis Hazari Court, who sent the accused to judicial custody a day after he was arrested by the Delhi Police from the Karol Bagh area.
Officials said that Shokeen will be produced before the concerned court on Saturday.
According to officials, the Delhi Police had sought a six-day police remand for the influencer.
However, Shokeen’s lawyer opposed the police’s demand.
Speaking to IANS, advocate Vineet Jain said: “He (Shokeen) was produced before the duty magistrate today. The court stated that only the concerned court is competent to hear the application in this case.”
“The police had filed an application seeking six days of custody remand. The duty magistrate directed that he be produced before the concerned court tomorrow. For now, he has been sent to one day of judicial custody,” he added.
Regarding the FIR filed by the Tripura Police against Amir Shokeen, Jain said: “We have only heard about the FIR. So far we have not received any copy of the same, so we cannot comment on it right now.”
Further, the lawyer said that the Tripura Police were not present in the court on Friday.
It was earlier reported that the Tripura Police had reached Delhi on Thursday to take custody of the social media influencer following his arrest by the Delhi Police.
According to the police, Shokeen had made the controversial video about a month ago.
Earlier, Shokeen apologised after the offensive video surfaced on social media and earned him major backlash.
In a Facebook post, Shokeen claimed that the video was scripted and that the man featured in it was known to him.
He said the man had previously worked at a friend’s cafe in Ahmedabad and described the exchange as a humorous video in which both people were joking.
The social media influencer noted that he had no intention of insulting anyone.
This is not the first time that an FIR has been filed against Amir Shokeen.
Previously, cases under Sections 323, 324, 504, and 506 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) had been registered against the influencer, officials added.
–IANS
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