Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Munawar Faruqui’s Deleted Speech Accuses Traitors 2 Contestants
Munawar Faruqui was on a reality show called The Traitors Season 2.
He was removed from the game on the first day.
The other players decided to eliminate him, but he was revealed to be innocent.
Munawar said they targeted him because they thought he was a strong player.
He became emotional and said people had misunderstood his honesty.
He criticized Abhishek Malhan and Harman Singha by name.
Prime Video later shared the full speech that had not been shown in the episode.
Harman Singha was later eliminated from the show.
The season’s episodes are released on Thursdays.
Prime Video released Munawar Faruqui’s previously deleted elimination speech from The Traitors Season 2.
Faruqui said contestants targeted him because they considered him a strong player, not because they suspected him of being a traitor.
He specifically criticized Abhishek Malhan and Harman Singha for writing his name and targeting him.
Faruqui was eliminated as an innocent on the first day, while Singha later exited during the third episode’s Circle of Shaq.
Aaditya Kulshreshth, Krystle D’Souza and Harman Singha were identified as the original traitors, with Shahneel Gill later recruited.
- Who
- Comedian and contestant Munawar Faruqui, along with fellow contestants including Abhishek Malhan and Harman Singha.
- What
- Prime Video released a deleted scene showing Faruqui’s full speech after his first-day elimination as an innocent from The Traitors Season 2.
- When
- Faruqui was eliminated on the first day of the season; the deleted scene was released afterward, with new episodes scheduled every Thursday.
- Where
- On The Traitors Season 2, which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
- Why
- Faruqui said contestants targeted him because they saw him as a strong player and wanted him out, rather than because they believed he was a traitor.
Faruqui’s account
Contestants’ actions
Reason for his elimination
Faruqui’s account
Faruqui said the contestants were not truly finding the traitor and instead wanted to remove him because they viewed him as a strong player.
Contestants’ actions
The contestants wrote Faruqui’s name and eliminated him, but the articles do not provide their individual explanations or responses.
Abhishek Malhan’s decision
Faruqui’s account
Faruqui accused Malhan of avoiding risk after previously being burned in a situation involving another major celebrity.
Contestants’ actions
Malhan participated in the decision to write Faruqui’s name; no direct response from Malhan is reported.
Harman Singha’s role
Faruqui’s account
Faruqui specifically called out Singha for targeting him.
Contestants’ actions
Singha was identified as one of the original traitors and later was eliminated during the third episode’s Circle of Shaq.
- Show
- The Traitors Season 2
- Platform
- Amazon Prime Video
- Faruqui’s status
- Eliminated on the first day as an innocent
- Contestants criticized
- Abhishek Malhan and Harman Singha
- Original traitors
- Aaditya Kulshreshth, Krystle D’Souza and Harman Singha
- Later recruit
- Shahneel Gill became the fourth traitor in the second episode
- Release schedule
- New episodes are slated to release every Thursday