When Munawar Farooqui was afraid of encounter! That scary night in Indore jail when comedians trembled after hearing the sound of walkie-talkie. When Munawar Farooqui feared an encounter! That terrifying night in Indore jail when the comedian trembled at the sound of a walkie-talkie.

Popular standup comedian and Bigg Boss winner Munawar Faruqui’s new comedy special ‘Dhandho’ has recently been released on YouTube. In this show, Munawwar has shared many unheard stories related to the most controversial and scary period of his life i.e. his arrest and jail days in Indore. Munawwar openly told how there came a time when, after listening to the atmosphere of the police station and the conversations going on on the walkie-talkie, he felt that his life was in danger and he thought that the police was planning to encounter him.

That restless night of Indore lockup: When I couldn’t sleep even for a moment

During the show, Munawwar recalled the night when he was arrested during the show and taken to the police lockup. He told that when he had asked the police when he would be released, the reply he received was that he would be released in the morning itself. Spending the whole night in the lockup, Munawwar was under extreme stress and could not sleep even for a moment. The constant echoing of walkie-talkie sounds and unclear messages inside the police station had further increased his restlessness, making the atmosphere there quite scary for him.

That illusion of walkie-talkie and fear of ‘encounter’

To divert his attention, Munavvar started listening carefully to the voices coming on the walkie-talkie. After trying for some time, he understood that the message was talking about a Maruti car crashing on the highway, but due to stress, Munawwar heard that “Farooqui has been hit on the highway.” This confusion immediately created fear of encounter in his mind. He thought nervously that he had not committed any crime for which he should be targeted like this, and he was completely shaken mentally with fear.

Lockup opened at 4 in the morning and funny twist of Covid test

Munawwar also recalled that moment of relief when at four in the morning a policeman opened the door of the lockup and asked everyone to come out. The comedian, in his famously witty style, told that when he asked everyone to go together, he thought that perhaps now everyone would have an encounter together, which also gave him a strange ironic relief. When he sat in the police car Qualis and folded his hands and requested the policemen, “Please sir, don’t do this,” then the policemen were surprised and asked what not to do? And then they came to know that all of them were not being taken for the encounter, but for the mandatory Covid test.