Hyderabad, Oct. 11 -- Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's show "Standing Up" went ahead without disruption at TGSRTC Kalabhavan in Hyderabad on Sunday, October 11, as the police took 15 Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists into preventive custody when they arrived to stop it.

Calling Kamra "anti-Hindu," the protesters raised slogans against him at the venue, the police said.

"Fifteen people were taken into preventive custody when they came there to hold a protest," an official said. The show was held peacefully, the police added.

The protesters arrived in a bus. Chikkadpally police had earlier confirmed to Siasat.com that a bus carrying 10 to 15 people reached the venue, but said the situation did not escalate.

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