Neetu Bhardwaj: Comedian Neetu Bhardwaj has accused fellow comedians Abhishek Upmanyu, Uruj Ashfaq and Shashwat Maheshwari of stalking her and her family in Mumbai, hacking her phones, sharing her private information and copying her work. In a series of Instagram stories, Neetu made serious allegations against them, and called the group a ‘comedy mafia’.
accused of harassment
Neetu alleged on Instagram that Upmanyu and Uruj were harassing and stalking her. He wrote, “Friends, Mumbai comedy mafia Upmanyu and Uruj and others are following me everywhere. I and my family are really very unsafe. All our phones have been hacked, all calls are being listened to, all your personal and private information has been stolen and is being spread.” She further said, “Even if I go to a nearby grocery store or go for a walk in the park, I am being followed. If anything happens to me or any of my family members, these people are responsible for it.”
Neetu also alleged that Shashwat has been hacking her accounts since 2022 and copying her social media posts, tweets and WhatsApp messages. She claimed that he had used her to defame her, and said that she was not aware of this at the time and that she was not even doing comedy in 2022 and 2023.
Plagiarism also accused
He further accused Abhishek Upmanyu and Uruj of plagiarizing his work. Recalling an incident from last year, she wrote, “Last year, I went to Mumbai for 2 weeks. Then I went to Bangalore for the recording; I left my suitcase there, and all my notebooks and diaries in which I had written all my jokes till now were in it. I thought I would come back to Mumbai, but at BLR I became very ill and came straight home. I left my suitcase there. Then, when I ordered from there, So the company did not send me the suitcase for a month. They are using all the jokes written from there in their special, especially the material which Abhishek Uruj is using in his special.
Neetu also alleged that the comedian was linked to the Illuminati and claimed that he had repeatedly made various allegations against her. She further alleged that Shashwat and his girlfriend exposed her as a stalker and then blocked her citing religious reasons and claimed that she worshiped Shiva and other Hindu deities.