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The passengers had been beneath the custody of the hijackers for 7 days. (Picture Credit: Instagram)
The plea alleged that the mini-series erroneously exhibits the actual hijackers as having Hindu names, together with ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’, the opposite names of Lord Shiva, which damage the feelings of the Hindu neighborhood
A PIL was filed within the Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Monday looking for a ban on OTT collection ‘IC-814: The Kandahar hijack’ over allegations of distortion of information about the actual identities of the hijackers.
The plea alleged that the mini-series erroneously exhibits the actual hijackers as having Hindu names, together with ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’, the opposite names of Lord Shiva, which damage the feelings of the Hindu neighborhood.
The petition filed by Surjit Singh Yadav, a farmer and president of Hindu Sena, sought a course to the Centre and Maharashtra authorities to cancel the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) certificates and ban the general public viewing of the collection.
“The distortion of essential information about the actual identities of the hijackers not solely misrepresents historic occasions but additionally perpetuates dangerous stereotypes and misinformation, warranting interference of this court docket to forestall additional public misunderstanding and potential hurt,” the petition says.
In the meantime, the central authorities has summoned the content material head of OTT platform Netflix over the collection, which has triggered a row over the depiction of hijackers, contending that no person has the suitable to play with the feelings of the nation.
Official sources stated the Ministry of Data and Broadcasting has summoned the content material head of Netflix India on Tuesday, looking for an evidence on the allegedly contentious points of the collection portraying the 1999 hijack of an Indian Airways flight by Pakistan-based terror outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
The collection, directed by Anubhav Sinha, was launched on Netflix on August 29.
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