Deepika Padukone at AIB Roast event Deepika Padukone at AIB Roast event

Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor and director Karan Johar have been named in a FIR registered by the Pune Police. In the FIR the stars have been accused of obscene behaviour in a public place. YouTube too was named in the FIR for distributing the offensive content of the AIB Roast even that was held in Mumbai in December.

Earlier, the Maharashtra government and Mumbai police had initiated separate investigations into allegations of "abusive and filthy" language used by Bollywood director Karan Johar and actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh at an event.

The FIR has been filed under sections 292 (Distribution of obscene content or lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest), Section 294 (Obscene Act in public place) of the Indian Penal Code and section 67a of IT Act (Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form).

The stars may face punishment upto 5 to 10 years of imprisonment and fine upto Rs.2 Lakh.

After taking down the controversial AIB Roast video from YouTube, the comic group All India Bakchod has issued a statement on the whole controversy and why they decided to take off the video. The video, which went viral on the online video sharing platform since being posted on January 28, was pulled out Tuesday night.

The Roast, organised by a group of stand-up comedians called All India Bakchod (AIB), poked fun at the roastees - Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, and was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar.

