Mumbai-based content creation agency, All India Bakchod (AIB) recently released a statement saying: “AIB’s YouTube channel is for all intents and purposes, dead for the foreseeable future.” Meanwhile, after the company issued the statement on May 22, AIB's former CEO Tanmay Bhat uploaded the statement on social media with an apology:
In October 2018, Tanmay Bhat, the CEO of the company, was accused of not taking any action against comedian Utsav Chakraborty – AIB’s employee – after several women, last year, made allegations against him for sending lewd messages to minors over the phone.
As the allegations became public, Bhat stepped down as the company’s CEO and AIB decided to discontinue all the projects he was associated with at the time.
Bhat's statement read as,
I am deeply sorry for the distress I’ve caused to my friends, and anyone affected by my actions. I am deeply sorry to my colleagues who’ve had to go through immense stress that I feel responsible for.”
Meanwhile, the statement by AIB said that Bhat “will no longer hold the position of CEO” and his “lapse of judgment regarding Utsav Chakraborty was egregious.”
Accordingly, now comedians Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya will be taking care of the company’s “remaining affairs”
Another AIB employee, Gursimran Khamba was also accused of sexual harassment around the same time. After which, the company sent Khamba on temporary leave and set up an external committee to investigate the same.
However, as per the statement, Khamba won't be part of the company anymore as he withdrew from the investigation process midway “citing issues with the procedure.”
Khamba had announced about the same on Instagram: