Goa, April 7 -- Comedian Kunal Kamra has approached the Bombay High Court to challenge the "legality, correctness, and propriety" of the FIR filed against him for his 'gaddar' comment directed at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during his stand-up show Naya Bharat. Kamra sought the cancellation of the FIR, which was lodged against him at the Khar Police Station on March 24.

Kamra's petition comes after he was served with a third summons by the Mumbai Police on April 2, following two earlier summonses, both of which he had skipped. Kamra requested that his statement be recorded via video conferencing, citing a "real threat" to his life. His petition argued that the police's insistence on his physical presence for questioni...