<p>An FIR was lodged against Indian filmmaker Shirish Kunder on Friday for a tweet he posted about&nbsp;Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">UP: FIR registered in Hazratganj against filmmaker and Farah Khan&#39;s husband Shirish Kunder for his tweet against UP CM Yogi Adityanath. <a href="https://t.co/X2Kgmds3u3">pic.twitter.com/X2Kgmds3u3</a></p>
&mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/845289444194357250">March 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>The 43-year-old director had said, &ldquo;Hoping a goon will stop rioting once he is allowed to rule is like expecting a rapist to stop raping once he&rsquo;s allowed to rape.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>

<p>In the following tweet, he said, &ldquo;Going by the logic of making a goon a CM so he behaves, Dawood [Ibrahim] can be Central Bureau of Investigation&rsquo;s director. And [Vijay] Mallya the Reserve Bank of India governor.&rdquo;</p>

<p>Both the tweets have since been deleted.</p>

<p>He has now publicly apologised for the tweets saying he &ldquo;never meant to hurt anyones feelings&rdquo;.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I unconditionally apologise. I never meant to hurt anyones feelings or sentiment.</p>
&mdash; Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShirishKunder/status/845321257482563585">March 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
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'Hoping a goon will stop rioting once he is allowed to rule is like expecting a rapist to stop raping once he?s allowed to rape,' he wrote

An FIR was lodged against Indian filmmaker Shirish Kunder on Friday for a tweet he posted about Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. UP: FIR registered in Hazratganj against filmmaker and Farah Khan's husband Shirish Kunder for his tweet against UP CM Yogi Adityanath. pic.twitter.com/X2Kgmds3u3 — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 24, 2017 × The 43-year-old director had said, “Hoping a goon will stop rioting once he is allowed to rule is like expecting a rapist to stop raping once he’s allowed to rape.” In the following tweet, he said, “Going by the logic of making a goon a CM so he behaves, Dawood [Ibrahim] can be Central Bureau of Investigation’s director. And [Vijay] Mallya the Reserve Bank of India governor.” Both the tweets have since been deleted. He has now publicly apologised for the tweets saying he “never meant to hurt anyones feelings”. I unconditionally apologise. I never meant to hurt anyones feelings or sentiment. — Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) March 24, 2017 × (WION)

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India: FIR lodged against Indian filmmaker Shirish Kunder for calling Adityanath a goon