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The passengers were detained by the hijackers for seven days. (Photo source: Instagram)
The miniseries hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community by wrongly showing the real hijackers with Hindu names, including “Bhola” and “Shankar,” which are other names for the god Shiva, the complaint said.
On Monday, the Delhi High Court received a PIL seeking a ban on the OTT series “IC-814: Kandahar Hijacking” for allegedly misrepresenting the true identity of the hijackers.
The miniseries hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community by wrongly showing the real hijackers with Hindu names, including “Bhola” and “Shankar,” which are other names for the god Shiva, the complaint said.
Farmer and Hindu Sena chief Surjit Singh Yadav filed a petition seeking directions to the Center and the Maharashtra government to cancel the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certificate and bar the public from watching the film series.
“The misrepresentation of key facts about the true identity of the hijackers not only distorts historical events but perpetuates harmful stereotypes and misinformation, requiring court intervention to prevent further public misunderstanding and potential harm,” the petition states.
Meanwhile, the central government summoned the content chief of OTT platform Netflix over the show, which sparked controversy over the depiction of the hijackers, arguing that no one has the right to play with national sentiments.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday summoned Netflix India's content chief, seeking an explanation for the allegedly controversial parts of the series about the 1999 hijacking of an Air India flight by Pakistani terror group Harkat-ul-, official sources said. Mujahideen.
The series, directed by Anubhav Sinha, was released on Netflix on August 29.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from associated news agency – PTI)
