Police Probe Initiated Against Ekta Kapoor Over Disrespecting Soldiers

The Mumbai court on Saturday directed the city police to investigating one criminal complaint against film and television producer Ekta Kapoor, accusing her of disrespecting Indian soldiers in one of her web series.

The Bandra magistrate's court instructed the police to submit a report by May 9 under section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which allows a magistrate to either conduct an inquiry into a complaint or hand over the task to the police. The complaint was lodged by YouTuber Vikas Pathak, who is also known as ‘Hindustani Bhau.’

It was named Ekta Kapoor, her OTT platform Alt Balaji, and her parents, Shobha & Jeetendra Kapoor, as the accused.

The complaint, filed through advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh has stated that a web series on Alt Balaji depicted a military officer engaged in an “illicit sexual act” in one of its episodes. Pathak stated that he came across the scene in May 2020.

"The accused have stooped to a cheap low and shamelessly targeted the dignity and pride of our country by depicting the Indian Army military uniform in the illicit sexual act with the national emblem on it," the complaint alleged !

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