'We don't pay f*****g taxes so police can beat': Comedian Raunaq alleges Mumbai cop used force, fractured his wife's rib during Shivaji Park protest

The CJP protest that started at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak spread across cities across the country. The protest ended following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, who was the education minister. On Saturday, Pralhad Joshi took charge as the new education minister.

Amid the uproar last week, Mumbai too witnessed several protests, with students and influencers gathering at Shivaji Park over the paper leak. While Mumbai Police did not resort to a lathi charge, they detained several protesters.

However, amid this, comedian Raunaq Rajani has accused Mumbai Police of using excessive force during the Shivaji Park protest, alleging that his wife suffered a fractured rib after she was pushed and kicked by a policeman while they were being detained.

On July 26, the comedian shared a video on social media, claiming it captures the moments leading up to the alleged assault and the incident inside the police vehicle. Rajani claimed that on July 22, he and his wife had joined a protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park when policemen began allegedly illegally rounding up protesters. During the commotion that followed, his wife was shoved and kicked, resulting in a fractured rib.

"My wife's rib has been fractured because of the protests in Mumbai. It was fractured by a policeman," Rajani said in his Instagram video shared on July 26.

"On July 22, 2026, my wife and I were detained by the cops while they were allegedly illegally rounding up people at the Shivaji Park protest. You might have seen pictures of both of us in the cop van. They shoved us in with brute force. I ended up having a sprain in my neck. She ended up having pain in her ribs," the comedian revealed.

He said that people across the country had endured much worse in terms of police brutality, which is part of the reason why they did not want to make a big deal of their injuries.

However, when his wife's pain did not subside even after two days, they consulted a doctor and learned that she had fractured her rib.

According to him, things escalated when he and his wife noticed a "kid" being detained by the police and tried to intervene.

"Both of us were telling the cops that they do not have the right to do so," he said, sharing a clip in which people can be heard shouting, "Chhodo isko! Chhodo isko!" (Leave him! Leave him!)