Ekta Kapoor
Mumbai: Police has registered an FIR against famous film producer Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor. This shocking news has created a stir. A complaint has been filed against him under the POCSO Act. Ekta is in trouble due to her popular series ‘Gandii Baat’. Till now, 6 seasons of this controversial web series have come and many times there have been demands to ban this series. In his complaint, the complainant has stated that he has shown obscene scenes of minor girls in the series.
Case registered against Ekta Kapoor
Section 295-A of IPC has been registered against Ekta Kapoor of Alt Balaji Telefilm Limited and her mother Shobha Kapoor at MHB police station in Mumbai for showing obscene scenes of minor girls in an episode of OTT platform Alt Balaji’s web series ‘Gandii Baat’. A case has been registered under sections 13 and 15 of the IT Act and POCSO Act. However, this controversial episode is not currently streaming on this app.
accused of showing obscene scenes
The complainant has stated in his complaint that a case has been filed regarding the presentation of obscene scenes by small actors in the sequel of Balaji Telefilms’ web series ‘Gandii Baat’. He says that his religious sentiments have been hurt by the series. In the FIR lodged, it was said that objection has been raised about the series producing bold content for 11th and 12th class children, whose age is generally 16, 17 years. However, this complaint lodged by the complainant is in very technical terms because the age of the acting artistes may be older.
Ekta Kapoor stuck in legal trouble
The complainant has also alleged that they showed scenes involving cigarettes and drinking without giving any disclaimer. At present, the police have registered a case under Section 13 of the Child Protection Act, Section 15 of Sexual Exploitation of Minor Children, Information Technology Act, 2000 – 67 (A), Section 295 (A) of the BNS and other sections.