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NCW Intervention and Legal Action Following Viral Comedy Incident

Friday, June 12, 2026
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NCW Intervention and Legal Action Following Viral Comedy Incident

The National Commission for Women NCW. They took notice on Thursday about something called “Rs370 biryani.” It wasn’t a quiet thing, not at all.

They ordered immediate action. Stringent action, time-bound. Against comedian Pranit More and Himanshu Jangra. That’s what they demanded.

This whole mess started when some stuff went viral. Media coverage, video footage about an incident during a stand-up comedy show in Gurugram, Haryana. The kind of stuff that makes you stop scrolling.

The core issue? Remarks allegedly made there seemed to glorify sexual coercion. Non-consensual conduct toward a woman. And they were applauded by the audience. That’s where the NCW stepped in. Suo motu cognizance . They looked at it and decided they had to act fast.

Hearing notices went out. To Pranit More and Himanshu Jangra. A hearing scheduled for June 22nd, four pm before the Commission. Things were moving, I guess. Slowly, but with real pressure building.

How did it start? Back during one of Pranit More’s live shows. Audience member Himanshu Jangra got invited into a conversation. And what happened next is what caused the explosion.

Jangra was talking about taking a woman out on a date. Spending around three hundred seventy rupees on biryani. Simple stuff, right? But then came the suggestion. The idea that because he paid for the meal, he expected intimacy in return. It flipped everything. Many viewers watching the clip later felt sickened. They saw it as dating turned into a transaction. Reducing a woman to something you could just “earn” with money spent on food.

Pranit More himself put the clip up on Instagram. It went viral fast. Then, short bits started spreading around online. But the backlash got much worse when longer, uncut versions appeared on Reddit and other sites. People were really digging in now.

More seemed to shut down his Instagram account later. Silence followed that kind of fallout.

In those extended clips, Jangra talked more openly about the whole encounter before a live audience. It wasn’t just a joke anymore. It became this massive topic online within days. Everyone was talking about it. Outrage spread everywhere. Calling it misogynistic. Transactional. Revealing some kind of mindset that really shapes how people date today.

Meanwhile, things went legal too. The Maharashtra Cyber unit filed an FIR. Against Pranit More and Himanshu Jangra. It hit the Nodal Cyber Police Station. Sections under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 75(1)(iv), 75(3), 294, and 353(2) of that Act, alongside the Information Technology Act from 2000.

They accused them of making things. Obscene remarks. Offensive comments about women. About consent. And about other things related to deceased persons. It’s a heavy charge piled on top of the social media storm.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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