Utsav Chakraborty

Chakraborty's stand up is irreverent in nature, a comedic style he cultivated since operating @SatanBhagat. He leveraged his online fame into open-mic spots and writing gigs for comedy sketches and television. He has since won multiple open mics and gigged across India.

In October 2018, comedian Mahima Kukreja claimed on Twitter that Chakraborty had sent her "a dick pic", and also posted screenshots of anonymous messages as purported evidence of him attempting to harass a minor girl.[11]

Chakraborty apologized, and his actions prompted an apology from All India Bakchod (AIB). As a result of these allegations, AIB delisted its videos wherein he had worked from their YouTube channel. Some of his work from Queens Vs Kings was also removed from YouTube.[13][14]

AIB apologized for continuing to work with Chakraborty after the [then] chief executive officer, Tanmay Bhat, had received "specific, detailed allegations" of sexual harassment against Chakraborty prior to the public call-out. AIB's problems compounded in eight months when allegations of sexual misconduct directed against another co-founder surfaced, which prompted a wide backlash from several of their sponsor brands.[15] Following this, AIB cancelled its show On Air With AIB in its third season, fired its staff, and halted production of its YouTube channel.

One year later, in October 2019, Chakraborty said that he had few friends left and would have liked to be in therapy, but couldn't afford it because he is not working. "I haven’t worked or seen a paycheck since last October," he said. He admitted his past behavior was "problematic" and realized he made people "uncomfortable," which took a heavy toll on him. He said the media was irresponsible by exaggerating the accounts relating to his case without any verification or investigations into the allegation.

On 21 November 2019, a year after the initial allegations of sexual impropriety, an audio clip of a conversation between Chakraborty, Kukreja and her sister was uploaded to YouTube. The conversation, broken into two uploads, happened one month after the initial allegations were made public. In it, Chakraborty can be heard listening to Kukreja and her sister, who identified herself as a lawyer, threatening him with legal action as Chakraborty planned to provide evidence that would disprove her accounts of the incident.[10][16]

On the same day, in a flurry of tweets, Utsav claimed that all of the earlier allegations were false, stating that the instagram conversations had been leaked without the alleged victim's consent, and with one half of the conversation which showed her consenting deleted. This was confirmed by said accuser, who then apologised to Utsav before deleting her account.[17] Utsav also asserted, using screenshots, that the girl purported to be 'much younger' than him was only a year younger at 26 years of age, and that he never harassed her.[18][19]

Chakraborty claimed Kukreja didn't verify any allegations of impropriety sent to her. In response to claims of malicious intent against her, Kukreja penned a statement in Firstpost calling Chakraborty's claims a "planned and orchestrated PR-led campaign [that] has been led to malign me Kukreja, the women who spoke up, and the #MeToo movement itself." She said the leaked audio and screenshots of their previous chats were misleading, false, and claimed the audio was doctored. Chakraborty has since called the allegations against him "fabricated."[20][21]