NEW DELHI: The ministry of knowledge and broadcasting has summoned the content material head of Netflix India on Tuesday relating to the collection ‘IC-814 – The Kandahar Hijack’, which has sparked controversy on social media because of the portrayal of the hijackers.
Within the collection, the 5 hijackers are known as ‘Chief’, ‘Physician’, ‘Burger’, ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’.
Sources from the ministry have mentioned that they’re searching for a proof from Netflix India’s content material head in regards to the allegedly contentious points of the collection, which depicts the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airways flight by the Pakistan-based terror group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The portrayal of the hijackers has drawn criticism from some viewers who object to the ‘humane’ projection of the perpetrators.
“No one has the suitable to play with the emotions of the individuals of this nation. Indian tradition and civilisation ought to all the time be revered,” an official supply advised the information company ANI.
In line with sources, the Netflix staff will current analysis paperwork and pictures collected for reference, arguing that the collection aligns with publicly accessible assets, together with data from books and authorities statements.
The collection has sparked controversy on social media relating to its portrayal of the hijackers. As well as, Surjit Singh Yadav, chief of Hindu Sena, filed a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) within the Delhi excessive court docket, searching for a ban on the Netflix collection.
The PIL alleges that the miniseries misrepresents the identities of the terrorists concerned within the hijacking. In line with the petition, the collection incorrectly assigns Hindu names reminiscent of “Bhola” and “Shankar”–names related to Lord Shiva–to the precise hijackers: Ibrahim Akhtar, Shahid Akhtar Sayeed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Mistry, and Shakir.
The six-episode collection, created by Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Shrivastava, incorporates a forged together with Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Vijay Varma, Arvind Swamy, Patralekhaa, and Dia Mirza. It’s primarily based on the actual occasions of December 24, 1999, when flight IC 814, an Indian Airways Airbus A300, was hijacked shortly after take-off from Kathmandu Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport.
The hostage disaster lasted for seven days and ended after then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s authorities agreed to launch three militants. Through the ordeal, one passenger was stabbed and succumbed to his accidents, whereas a number of others have been wounded.
In line with an announcement by then exterior affairs minister Jaswant Singh in Parliament, the hijacked IC-814 plane made a number of landings at Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai earlier than being taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The federal government was compelled to launch three terrorists – Masood Azhar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar – from Indian prisons to safe the discharge of the hostages.
A January 6, 2000 assertion by the Union residence ministry recognized the hijackers as Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim, and Shakir, all hailing from varied cities in Pakistan.
Within the collection, the 5 hijackers are known as ‘Chief’, ‘Physician’, ‘Burger’, ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’.
Sources from the ministry have mentioned that they’re searching for a proof from Netflix India’s content material head in regards to the allegedly contentious points of the collection, which depicts the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airways flight by the Pakistan-based terror group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The portrayal of the hijackers has drawn criticism from some viewers who object to the ‘humane’ projection of the perpetrators.
“No one has the suitable to play with the emotions of the individuals of this nation. Indian tradition and civilisation ought to all the time be revered,” an official supply advised the information company ANI.
In line with sources, the Netflix staff will current analysis paperwork and pictures collected for reference, arguing that the collection aligns with publicly accessible assets, together with data from books and authorities statements.
The collection has sparked controversy on social media relating to its portrayal of the hijackers. As well as, Surjit Singh Yadav, chief of Hindu Sena, filed a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) within the Delhi excessive court docket, searching for a ban on the Netflix collection.
The PIL alleges that the miniseries misrepresents the identities of the terrorists concerned within the hijacking. In line with the petition, the collection incorrectly assigns Hindu names reminiscent of “Bhola” and “Shankar”–names related to Lord Shiva–to the precise hijackers: Ibrahim Akhtar, Shahid Akhtar Sayeed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Mistry, and Shakir.
The six-episode collection, created by Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Shrivastava, incorporates a forged together with Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Vijay Varma, Arvind Swamy, Patralekhaa, and Dia Mirza. It’s primarily based on the actual occasions of December 24, 1999, when flight IC 814, an Indian Airways Airbus A300, was hijacked shortly after take-off from Kathmandu Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport.
The hostage disaster lasted for seven days and ended after then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s authorities agreed to launch three militants. Through the ordeal, one passenger was stabbed and succumbed to his accidents, whereas a number of others have been wounded.
In line with an announcement by then exterior affairs minister Jaswant Singh in Parliament, the hijacked IC-814 plane made a number of landings at Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai earlier than being taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The federal government was compelled to launch three terrorists – Masood Azhar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar – from Indian prisons to safe the discharge of the hostages.
A January 6, 2000 assertion by the Union residence ministry recognized the hijackers as Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim, and Shakir, all hailing from varied cities in Pakistan.
