A case has been filed against makers of Tandav, a new web series released on Amazon Prime, in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly insulting Hindu gods.The FIR has been filed against Amazon India original content head Aparna Purohit, show director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and others. It mentions Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class), 505 (1) (B) (statements conducing to public mischief with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility) and 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation) along with sections of the IT Act.

A case has been filed against makers of Tandav, a new web series released on Amazon Prime, in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly insulting Hindu gods.The FIR has been filed against Amazon India original content head Aparna Purohit, show director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and others. It mentions Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class), 505 (1) (B) (statements conducing to public mischief with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility) and 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation) along with sections of the IT Act.