Comedian Munawar Faruqui on Tuesday said that he was quitting social media, adding that he was not sure for how long he will stay away from it.
The controversy-riddled comedian, who won the reality competition television series Lock Upp, in a video posted on his Twitter handle, said he has decided to quit social media, citing personal reasons.
"This is something I don't want to do but...I'm signing off from social media," he said.
The comedian, who got popular following a video titled Dawood, Yamraaj & Aurat, uploaded on Youtube, has been in the limelight over allegedely making derogatory remarks on Hindu deities as well as Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during one of his shows.
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