Lucknow:A team of UP Police has moved to Mumbai for investigation after an FIR was lodged against Ali Abbas Jafar and Gaurav Solanki, the director and writer respectively of the web series 'Tandav', for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in a bad light 'which could lead to religious flare-ups'.
The FIR lodged at the Hazratganj police station late Sunday night, also named Amazon Prime's India head of original content Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra and another unnamed person.
Earlier on Sunday, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry summoned Amazon Prime Video officials in India in connection with the controversy around the web series.
Those named in the FIR have been booked for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, makes destruction, damage, or defilement of a place of worship or an object held sacred; forgery for purpose of harming reputation, statements conducing to public mischief, with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India, or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people.
The FIR says that there are angry outbursts on social media against the content of the web series which was released on January 16 and people are posting its clippings.
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