The charges include Section 187 of IPC, which pertains to failure to assist a public servant. The charges include Section 187 of IPC, which pertains to failure to assist a public servant. Adding to the woes of stand-up comedian and television personality Kapil Sharma, who raised allegations of corruption against Mumbai’s civic body on Twitter last week, activist Santosh Daundkar filed a criminal case against him in the metropolitan magistrate’s court in Andheri Wednesday. Apart from destruction of mangroves, Daundkar has accused Sharma of withholding information about the civic official who allegedly demanded a bribe from him. The charges include Section 187 of IPC, which pertains to failure to assist a public servant.

Source: Indian Express September 14, 2016 22:59 UTC