
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 24 (ANI): Amazon Primeās India head of original content Aparna Purohit reached Hazratganj police station to record her statement in a case related to web series āTandavā for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
On January 18, an FIR had been registered at Lucknowās Hazratganj Kotwali against Amazon Primeās India head of original content Aparna Purohit, director of the web series āTandavā Ali Abbas Zafar, its producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and others for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
BJP leader Ram Kadam had earlier said that he has filed a complaint at Mumbaiās Ghatkopar Police Station against āTandavā. Expressing similar concerns, BJP leader Manoj Kotak had written a letter to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.
The Supreme Court on January 27 refused to grant interim protection from arrest to actor Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub and makers of web series āTandavā and allowed them to approach High Courts for relief from arrest or quashing of FIRs.
A Delhi Court on January 23 adjourned the hearing in a criminal complaint seeking action against the makers of Saif Ali Khan starrer web series āTandavā for April 19, 2021. (ANI)