Indian stand-up comedian Sundeep Sharma shared details of a harrowing incident that took place in Noida. The comedian shared a post on X on December 18, in which he mentioned encountering an armed man on a desolate road after his show. He said he was accompanied by fellow comedian Saurab Pandey.
Sundeep's post read, "So we were at gunpoint in the middle of a secluded road in Noida Sec 104. A man stood in the middle of the dark road holding a gun in his hand. He was smiling and signalled us to stop, an SUV stopped right behind us.'
He further tweeted, 'The man approached the car, I aggressively shouted while holding my mobile phone, which I thought was also a potential self defence weapon in the situation, he looked at us went to the side of the road and signalled us to go, all this while smiling. We left from there alive.'
Sundeep also urged Uttar Pradesh police to take action in his post
Soon after this, the post went viral and several social media users reacted to it.
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