India, March 24 -- Comedian Kunal Karma on Monday told the Mumbai police that he would not apologise for his 'traitor' jibe at Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde unless the courts instruct him to do so.

Kamra, who spoke to the cops from Tamil Nadu, said that he has no regrets about his 'gaddar or traitor' comments against Shinde, reported NDTV.

Police sources further told the channel that Kamra denied rumours that he had been paid by the opposition to target Shinde. He permitted the cops to check his finances.

The questions about scanning his bank accounts arose after the minister of state for home, Yogesh Kadam, said the government would investigate Kunal Kamra's call records and bank transactions to a...