Social media influencer Amir Shokeen, who was arrested by the Delhi Police for racially harassing a tribal youth from Tripura, has been sent to judicial custody for one day. Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court on Friday (October 23, 2026) remanded content creator Shokeen to one day of judicial custody.
The influencer was arrested by the Delhi Police on Thursday (October 22, 2026) after Union Cabinet Minister Kiren Rijiju shared a disturbing video showing Amir targeting a young man from Gomti district of Tripura with extremely racist and derogatory gestures. A case was registered against him at Sadar Bazar Police Station after the Delhi Police took suo motu cognizance of the video.
VIDEO | Delhi: Amir Shokeen, arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the alleged racial harassment of a youth from Tripura, is taken from Sadar Bazar police station to Tis Hazari court. (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) https://t.co/EknWPQDLbg
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 23, 2026
Amir Shokeen faced huge backlash after the Union Minister shared the video condemning his actions. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha also gave a strong reaction to Shokeen’s acts and ordered a legal action against him. Consequently, Tripura Police registered an FIR against Shokeen over racial remarks.
Shokeen’s viral video
The video shared by Union Cabinet Minister Kiren Rijiju showed Amir Shokeen mocking and insulting a tribal man from Tripura with racial slurs. It shows Amir asking the Tripura youth, “Are you China’s president, Chingping?” The man politely told him that he was from Tripura and not China, but Amir continued to denigrate the man by referring to Tripura as “ch**tpura.”
Throughout the video, Amir kept disrespecting the man and even touched his private part when he tried to disengage from him by focusing on his mobile phone. While Amir engaged in such disparaging behaviour, people present at the scene laughed and encouraged him.
After facing strong backlash for his actions, Amir Shokeen posted an apology video, claiming that he knew nothing about the state he referred to as “Tripuram”. He also claimed that the video was scripted. After finding out that the Tripura CM had directed legal action on the video, Amir posted a second apology video, clarifying that he did not intend to hurt anyone.
