'Tandav' row: Director Ali Abbas Zafar summoned by UP police

Jan 21, 2021 22:36 IST

Amid the boycott chorus and multiple FIRs, trouble seems to be increasing for Amazon Prime Video's web series 'Tandav' for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

'Tandav' director Ali Abbas Zafar and writer Gaurav Solanki have been summoned by the Uttar Pradesh police.

A team of UP police arrived at the residences of Zafar and Solanki in Mumbai on Thursday and asked them to appear in front of the Investigation Officer on January 27 in Lucknow.

A case was registered at Lucknow's Hazratganj Kotwali against Amazon Prime India's head of original content Aparna Purohit, filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, Gaurav Solanki for allegedly portraying Hindu gods in a bad light.