(Left) Content creator Amir Shokeen seen in the allegedly racist video; Shokeen was arrested by Delhi Police on Thursday. (Credit: X/@KirenRijiju)

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Content creator Amir Shokeen was arrested on Thursday for allegedly hurling racist remarks at a youth from Tripura in a video posted on his Instagram handle, police said.

The purported clip posted recently on social media allegedly shows Shokeen, a content creator with around 1.42 lakh followers on Instagram, asking the youth’s name and then faking an attempt to pronounce it, police said.

He then goes on to use derogatory terms and comments on the youth’s looks, before calling him “Michael Jackson”.

As his comments, however, faced backlash from several users, Shokeen subsequently posted another video, apologising for the same and claiming that everything was scripted.

“I swear… I don’t know where Tripura is… It was a clip made for the sake of fun.…