India, July 4 -- Comedian Samay Raina returned with India's Got Latent despite the controversy surrounding its first season. Comedian Sunil Pal, who had strongly criticised Samay during the India's Got Latent controversy, recently claimed that he had turned down an offer of Rs.25 lakh from Samay to appear on the show. However, Samay has dismissed the claim as "fake news".

Speaking to the paparazzi about Samay and his show, Sunil claimed that he had turned down an offer to appear on India's Got Latent. He said, "No, he had spoken to me and said he would give me Rs.25 lakh. I said I wouldn't cuss. He said, 'Don't do it, but we would be doing that.'"

Reacting to Sunil's claim, Samay took to his Instagram Stories and dismissed it as false. ...