Complaint against Anushka Sharma for ‘hurting’ sentiments

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Updated At : 12:35 PM May 28, 2020 IST

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Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 27

The Sikh cell of the Delhi BJP has filed a complaint against Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma for allegedly “hurting religious sentiments of Hindus and Sikhs” in the web series “Paatal Lok”, of which she is a producer. Co-convener of the cell, Jaspreet Singh Matta, said a complaint had also been filed with the National Commission for Minorities.

“Controversial scenes were shown in some episodes of ‘Paatal Lok’. A Sikh man is shown raping a woman while an ‘amritdhari’ Sikh stays as a mute spectator and in another scene, a ‘Pandit’ is shown cooking meat in a temple and a Hindu consuming it. Several Sikhs reached out to me saying the image of the community had been tarnished by the makers of the series,” he said.

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