Who is Shubham Mishra? Vile threat video on Agrima Joshua lands 'social worker' in lockup

Shubham Mishra is a 26-year-old man from Vadodra who has been arrested on Sunday by City Police for allegedly hurling abuses and giving rape threats in an extremely distasteful rant against stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua on social media. man shared a video, w deleted, on his Instagram account in which he has threatened comedian Agrima Joshua with a salacious vocabulary that has been brought to attention of National Commission for Women.  NCW directed Gujarat Police to take action against accused after which Mishra spent night in Vadodra Police Branch lockup.

Who is Shubham Mishra?

As recorded by police, Shubham Mishra is a 26-year-old man and identifies himself as a 'social worker'. He is a Class 11 dropout and is a resident of Atladra area of Vadodra. man is infamous for calling out and taking an aggressive stand on various matters that trend in daily news. He does so through his YouTube video uploads and has close to 2 lakh subscribers for his channel.

In this case, an old video of stand up comedian Agrima Johsua went viral online a few days in which she had made slight of upcoming statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Arabian sea. She was n at receiving end of massive criticism from followers of Maratha King and was accused of hurting ir sentiments. Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik even wrote a letter to state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh demanding strict legal action against Agrima Joshua for her seemingly offensive jokes about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

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Joshua, on Friday, apologized for her actions and even took her video down from social media after Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh instructed Mumbai police and Cyber cell to take action against her. matter was somewhat resolved between two but Shubham Mishra's profane video started doing rounds on social media. It stood out from among many who had been criticizing Joshua for content of her comedy set.

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alleged threat video uploaded by Mishra on his Instagram handle, with over 35,000 followers, went viral and was shared by popular stand-up comedians such as Sumukhi Suresh, Vir Das and many Bollywood actors who sought police action as well as NCW intervention.

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As on Sunday evening, a 'suo motu' case has been registered against Mishra at Cyber Crime police station, following which Mishra was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 294 (Obscenity), 504 (Intentionally insults to break public peace) 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief), 506 (Criminal intimidation) and 509 (Intending to insult modesty of a woman), as well as section 67 of Information Techlogy Act (Transmission of electronic material which is lascivious or tends to deprave or corrupt people).

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