India, June 17 -- Pranit More, a stand-up comedian, and Himanshu Jangra, a web developer, were booked for alleged objectionable and sexually coloured comments against women made during a comedy show held at DLF Cyber Hub in Sector-24, police in Haryana's Gurugram said on Tuesday.

Police said a suo motu cognizance was taken by them on basis of the video after a notice by National Commission for Women (NCW) to the Haryana director general of police when the clip of the More's show held on April 12 at the venue went viral on social media, drawing flak and causing widespread outrage.

A senior police official said that the NCW notice was received by Gurugram police from the state police headquarters.

The NCW, in its notice, termed the entir...