Case against makers of Amazon Prime's Tandav in UP, warning of arrests

"Tandav", Amazon Prime's new web series, faces criminal action with the Uttar Pradesh police filing a case against the makers and the streaming service over an alleged insult to Hindu gods and a top aide warning of arrests.

The case was filed hours after the centre's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting reportedly sought a response from Amazon Prime on a complaint filed by Maharashtra BJP MLA Ram Kadam.

The director, producer and writer of the Saif Ali Khan-Dimple Kapadia starrer "Tandav" and Amazon's head of India Original Content have been accused in the case of promoting religious enmity and defiling a place of worship.

The complaint has been filed at Lucknow's Hazratganj police station by a sub-inspector who is also posted there.

Soon after the case was registered, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's media adviser Shalabh Mani Tripathi shared a copy of it on Twitter.

"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.

(Source: NDTV)