Members
of
the
All
India
Bakchod
Comedy
Company
met
Bp.
Agnelo
Gracias,
Auxiliary
Bishop
of
Bombay
and
offered
an
unconditional
apology
to
the
entire
Christian
community
for
any
offence
that
may
have
been
caused
to
its
members
as
a
result
of
the
recently
held
AIB
Knockout.
Christian
organisations
here
were
irked
by
standup
comedy
group
All
India
Bakchod
(AIB)
for
hurting
their
religious
sentiments
through
some
statements
and
demanded
action
against
those
associated
with
the
show
AIB
Roast
or
AIB
Knockout.
The
Association
of
Concerned
Catholics
(AoCC)
had
also
submitted
a
memorandum
to
Maharashtra
Education
and
Culture
Minister
Vinod
Tawde.
AoCC
secretary
Judith
Monteiro
said
they
have
protested
against
some
statements
in
the
show
pertaining
to
Jesus
and
the
Church.
And
now,
Tanmay
Bhat,
Gursimran
Khamba,
Ashish
Shakya,
Rohan
Joshi
at
AIB
have
apologised
to
them.
According
to
a
post
by
Archdiocese
of
Bombay
on
Facebook,
the
members
of
the
All
India
Bakchod
Comedy
Company
met
Bp.
Agnelo
Gracias
and
tendered
an
unconditional
apology.
Bp.
Gracias,
on
behalf
of
the
Archdiocese
of
Bombay,
accepted
the
unconditional
apology
and
in
the
spirit
of
understanding
and
reconciliation
stated
that
the
Archdiocese
accepts
the
AIB
apology
and
considers
this
matter
closed.
The
content
of
the
apology
letter
was
also
shared
along
with
the
post
on
Monday.
The
letter
reads:
"We,
Tanmay
Bhat,
Gursimran
Khamba,
Ashish
Shakya,
Rohan
Joshi
at
AIB
hereby
offer
an
unconditional
apology
to
the
entire
Christian
community
for
any
offence
that
may
have
been
caused
to
its
members
as
a
result
of
the
AIB
Knockout.
"While
performing
our
acts,
no
matter
the
subject,
we
never
intend
to
hurt
anyone,
though
as
an
unfortunate
consequence
of
the
nature
of
our
profession
we
sometimes
do.
We
are
sorry."
They
also
urged
that
they
have
the
"utmost
respect
for
all
religions
and
community
and
have
never
been
against
any
community,
nor
do
we
bear
any
ill
will
of
any
kind
towards
any
community."
"We
also
believe
and
support
with
complete
certainty
the
notion
that
every
community
has
the
right
to
live
with
dignity,
honour
and
freedom
from
any
form
of
persecution.
We
would
also
like
to
reiterate
that
the
jokes
at
the
AIB
Knockout
were
not
intended
as
a
form
of
persecution
or
malice
towards
the
Christian
community
or
any
other
community,
for
that
is
not
who
we
are,
or
what
we
stand
for."
The
show
had
created
a
nationwide
furore
after
a
three-part
edited
version
of
the
'Roast',
titled
AIB
Knockout
was
posted
on
online
video-sharing
platform
YouTube
Jan
28.
AIB
Knockout
was
a
December
2014
charity
comic
event
where
Bollywood
filmmaker
Karan
Johar
and
a
panel
of
comedians
"grilled" actors
Ranveer
Singh
and
Arjun
Kapoor
on
their
personal
and
professional
lives.
But
the
clips
were
later
pulled
down.
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