Kiku Sharda, who was earlier arrested for lampooning a religious leader, has thanked the entertainment industry for supporting him. He says he is `proud of the industry`.

Kiku, best known for playing Palak on TV show `Comedy Nights with Kapil`, was arrested from the set of the comedy show on January 13, after a complaint filed by Dera Sacha Sauda sect follower Uday Singh.

He was accused of dressing up like Gurmeet Ram Rahim and mimicking the self-proclaimed godman in the show `Jashn-E-Ummeed`.

His arrest was strongly condemned by various Bollywood celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Sonakshi Sinha, Twinkle Khanna, Huma Qureshi, Vir Das and Boman Irani.

`Thanks everyone for standing by me through this traumatic time. Means a lot. Thanks to my fraternity, am proud of the industry I'm in,` Kiku tweeted on Saturday.