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Feb 23, 2022 · Kannada actor Chetan Kumar A, arrested for making comments against a Karnataka High Court judge hearing the hijab cases, will remain in prison on his 39th birthday, with a court on Wednesday reserving its order on his bail petition for Friday.
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Chetan Kumar spent his 39th birthday in Parappana Agrahara jail, Bengaluru, as he was arrested due to his 2022 tweet against the Karnataka High Court judge, Justice Krishna Dixit.
Feb 24, 2022 · Kannada actor Chetan Kumar will remain in judicial custody in Parappana Agrahara jail on his birthday after he was imprisoned for his tweet against a high court judge.
Feb 22, 2023 · Kannada actor Chetan Ahimsa relates his experience during his one-week stint in Parappana Agrahara jail for having posted a tweet on the judge of the Karnataka High Court, hearing the...
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Chetan Kumar Ahimsa Chetan Kumar- Twitter was born on Thursday, 24 February 1983 (age 40 years; as of 2023), in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He pursued his primary education at Marist High School in Chicago. Chetan spent his summer holidays in Karnataka every year. It was his parents, who made sure that despite living in Chicago he stays connected to hi...
Parents & Siblings
His parents, who work and reside in the US, hail from Karnataka, India. His father, Drs. Basavlinga Amarkumar, a surgeon, moved to Chicago at the age of 24 to pursue his surgical residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. His mother, Mangala Kumar, is an anesthesiologist. Chetan’s younger brother, Ashok Kumar, is a UW Madison graduate, Oxford University PhD, and Fulbright Scholar, who works as an economics teacher at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His grandfather actively participated...
Wife & Children
On 2 February 2020, Chetan Kumar got married to his long-time girlfriend Megha S, an activist and engineer from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, in a low key court marriage ceremony in Bengaluru. Later, Megha pursued a law degree in human rights. In the presence of underprivileged kids and senior citizens, they hosted a small celebration at Bengaluru’s Vinoba Bhave Ashram, which the couple renovated collaboratively instead of spending their well-earned money on a big, fat, lavish wedding. Additiona...
In 2015, Chetan Kumar and Megha S made acquaintance at a social gathering in Bengaluru, where a few mutual friends introduced them. It was the passion for social work, which brought the actor and engineer together. Megha was associated with the social work wing at her company and had been working towards the education of underprivileged children, f...
Chetan Kumar and Megha S undertook a court marriage because neither of them believed in religious rituals. News18
He advocates Egalitarianism, Chetan Kumar- Twittera philosophy that uploads equal rights and opportunities for everyone despite their caste and creed. A staunch Ambedkarite, Chetan, who took part in a massive protest led by Karnataka’s unified Dalit-Bahujan forces titled ‘Vidhana Soudha-High Court Chalo,’ expressed his beliefs in a tweet, which rea...
Chetan Kumar made his film debut with the 2007 Indian Kannada language crime drama ‘Aa Dinagalu’ in which he played the lead role of Chethan Naayak. Set in the 1980s Bangalore underworld, the film centres around the business magnate Chetan who struggles to save his love, Mallika, from his conspiring father. For the film, Kumar received Udaya TV’s B...
Slammed for hurting the sentiments of Brahmins
In 2021, the Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board lodged a complaint in two police stations in Bengaluru against Chetan Kumar alleging that the actor had hurt religious beliefs and made imputations prejudicial to national integration, citing that his tweet about Brahminism was derogatory. The News Minute
Arrested for a tweet against Justice Krishna Dixit
On February 16 2022, he was arrested allegedly for his objectionable tweet against a Karnataka High Court judge, Justice Krishna Dixit, who was part of a bench hearing the batch of petitions for the 2022 Karnataka Hijab row. The Indian ExpressIn January 2022, a dispute had erupted in Karnataka after some Muslim students, who demanded to be allowed to wear the Hijab in classrooms in a junior college, were denied entry to classes. MN Anucheth, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), revealed t...
FIR for his remark on Kantara
An FIR was filed against him by Karnataka Police in October 2022 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments while commenting on the Kannada movie Kantara’s depiction of the Bhoota Kola tradition. He claimed that ‘Bhoota Kola’ was not Hindu in his comment. India Today
A genuine vein of philanthropy has always existed in Chetan Kumar. In an interview, he said, Endosulfan Victim Rehabilitation (2013) In 2013, Chetan, along with some like-minded people, formed an association called Endosulfan Virodhi Horatha Samiti, which has been fighting against the sale of Endosulfan pesticide, an agrichemical known for its toxi...
Apart from acting, he is also trained in modern dance, mono acting, instrumental. Additionally, he is proficient in performing Indian classical music (Carnatic) and jazz on the saxophone.
Actor and murder accused Darshan was seen smoking a cigarette in the lawn while hanging out with other prisoners in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara jail.
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