Tandav: Amazon India Originals’ head records statement at UP police station

Amazon Prime Video's India Originals Head Aparna Purohit recorded her statement in connection with an FIR registered against her and others over alleged derogatory depiction of Hindu deities in web series ‘Tandav’.

The FIR was lodged at Hazratganj police station in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

“The probe is on in the case related to the 'Tandav' web series," informed Deputy Commissioner of Police Somen Barma.

In January, an FIR was lodged at the police station against Purohit, director Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and an unidentified person.

The nine-episode political thriller starring Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, started streaming on the platform in January.

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