Key Points:
- 4 Uttar Pradesh Police has reached Mumbai on Wednesday to question the makers of Amazon Prime Video’s web series Tandav, featuring Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Kritika Kamra, Sunil Grover.
- According to an official, the UP Police personnel reached Mumbai in the morning and visited the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection-1) in suburban Andheri for assistance.
- There are multiple complaints filed against Tandav director Ali Abbas Zafar, Amazon Prime’s India head Aparna Purohit and other.
Following the Tandav controversy, a team of 4 Uttar Pradesh Police has reached Mumbai on Wednesday to question the makers of Amazon Prime Video’s web series Tandav, featuring Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Kritika Kamra, Sunil Grover.
An FIR that was registered at the Hazratganj Police Station in Lucknow against Tandav makers is thus being inspected in Mumbai. The police are likely to question all the cast and crew of Tandav. There are multiple complaints filed against Tandav director Ali Abbas Zafar, Amazon Prime’s India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Kishan Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and actors for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
According to an official, the UP Police personnel reached Mumbai in the morning and visited the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection-1) in suburban Andheri for assistance. Two members of the UP Police team also visited the Mumbai Police headquarters in south Mumbai in the afternoon.
When asked about the matter, the UP Police official said, “We had come to meet police officers at the headquarters, we are not authorised to speak.”
Tandav has been in discussions due to a few scenes in its 9 episodes series of hurting the Hindu’s sentiments. Twitter was flooded with UP officials anxiously tweeting about the matter.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said in a tweet on Wednesday: “The producer, director, and artistes of web series Tandav have committed the crime of spoiling social harmony and unity and hurting Hindu religious sentiments. Tough legal action will be taken”.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s media advisor Shalabhmani Tripathi said the makers of “Tandav” will have to pay the price for hurting religious sentiments.
“U.P. Police has left for Mumbai, that too in a car. There are strong sections in the FIR, remain prepared, will have to pay a price for hurting religious sentiments,” Mr. Tripathi said in his tweet.
