Case Against the Makers of Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Tandav’

New Delhi, 18/1: The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed a criminal case against the makers of Amazon Prime Video’s Web series ‘Tandav’ over alleged insult to Hindu gods. A case was also filed against the streaming service in the same issue. The complaint has been filed at Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station.

Previously the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asked for a response from Amazon Prime on a complaint filed by Maharashtra BJP MLA Ram Kadam. The director, producer, and writer of the show and Amazon’s head of India Original Content have been accused in the case of promoting religious enmity and defiling a place of worship.

A copy of the complaint was shared by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s media adviser Shalabh Mani Tripathi.

“There is no tolerance for playing with people’s sentiments in Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh. A serious case has been registered against the entire team of Tandav, which is spreading hate in the guise of cheap web series. Prepare for arrest,” he wrote in Hindi.

जन भावनाओं के साथ खिलवाड़ बर्दाश्त नहीं, घटिया वेब सीरीज की आड़ मं नफरत फैलाने वाली वेब सीरीज तांडव की पूरी टीम के खिलाफ योगीजी के उत्तर प्रदेश में गंभीर धाराओं में मामला दर्ज, जल्द गिरफ्तारी की तैयारी !! pic.twitter.com/V9ZewGNOHw

— Shalabh Mani Tripathi (@shalabhmani) January 18, 2021