On Wednesday, Maharashtra Cyber unveiled its cyber-awareness brief movie Digital Arrest and the 1930 Maharashtra Cyber Anthem at an occasion in Mumbai, attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and celebrities together with Ashish Vidyarthi, Pankaj Tripathi and Samay Raina. Samay, who contributed to each the brief movie and the anthem, was felicitated by the Chief Minister on the occasion. The comic, nevertheless, used the event to mirror on his “long-standing affiliation” with Maharashtra Cyber.
Samay Raina felicitated by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Through the occasion, Samay thanked Devendra Fadnavis for the felicitation and joked that he already has Maharashtra Cyber’s quantity saved as a result of he usually receives calls from them. He stated, “Thanks for the felicitation, sir. My affiliation with Maha Cyber has been happening for a really very long time. 1930 can be a nice quantity. I’ve really saved it as a result of I usually get calls from there.”
He added, “The Maha Cyber Cell could be very lively. I can inform you this for positive—whether or not you’re there or whether or not you’re in India, they may catch you. “Aur aaj pehli baar hua hai ki Cyber Cell ka officer ek comic ke ghar gaya subah, use ghar se uthaya, aur is baar felicitation hua hai (It’s a superb factor. As we speak, for the primary time, it has occurred {that a} Cyber Cell officer went to a comic’s home and picked him up from his residence, and this time there was a felicitation).”
In February 2025, Samay got here underneath the Maharashtra Cyber Cell’s scrutiny over his YouTube present India’s Bought Latent and confronted authorized motion over allegations of selling obscenity and sexually specific content material. The controversy erupted after visitor podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia made a comment about dad and mom and intercourse to a contestant.
A number of FIRs had been filed towards Samay, Ranveer and different content material creators related to the present. Following the controversy, Samay was pressured to take away all episodes of India’s Bought Latent from YouTube. When initially summoned for questioning, Samay was touring the USA and requested permission to report his assertion through video convention. Nonetheless, the Maharashtra Cyber Cell rejected his request, insisting that he seem in individual and subsequently issuing a number of summons to make sure compliance. Samay finally appeared earlier than Cyber Cell officers in Mumbai for questioning and acknowledged his errors.
The comic later shared a video of his felicitation on Instagram, with followers calling it a “full circle second”. One fan wrote, “That is the way you flip the tables.” One other commented, “What a full circle second.” A 3rd fan wrote, “Downfall possibly anyway however comeback must be like this.” Samay has now launched Season 2 of India’s Bought Latent, with episodes being launched on each YouTube and Netflix.
Concerning the occasion
Having contributed to the brief movie and the 1930 Maharashtra Cyber Anthem, celebrities together with Ashish Vidyarthi, Pankaj Tripathi, Sharad Kelkar, Sonali Bendre, Javed Jaffrey, singer Sunidhi Chauhan, Mangesh Desai and Samay Raina attended the occasion alongside Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Talking on the occasion, Fadnavis emphasised the significance of public consciousness in combating cybercrime. He stated such messages will be successfully conveyed to residents via artists, actors and singers. The celebrities had been additionally felicitated for his or her contributions to the Digital Arrest cyber-awareness brief movie and the 1930 Maharashtra Cyber Anthem.
