Mumbai, August 30: Actor Kamal Rashid Khan (KRK) was arrested recently over a controversial tweet that the actor posted in 2020.
He was apprehended shortly after he landed at the Mumbai airport. Popular on social media as a film critic, he will be produced before the Borivali court today.
Earlier, a journalist posted about the development from his Twitter handle. At this point, it is not confirmed as to which tweet led to KRK’sarrest.
Khan was reportedly arrested over his tweets on Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. A complaint was lodged by Yuva Sena member Rahul Kanal in April 2020.
KRK has been in the news for some time for his remarks about Salman Khan, Mika Singh, and Aamir Khan. He gained popularity on social media for his film reviews, which have now drawn the ire of Bollywood filmmakers.
The actor uploaded a 13-minute long review of the Aamir Khan starrer on Youtube. In his review, KRK has accused Aamir Khan of unnecessarily dragging the movie like chewing gum. “The film has added especially extra 15 minutes to show the greatness of the people of Pakistan,” he added.