For allegedly disrespecting Indian soldiers and offending the feelings of their family members in the second season of her online series, XXX, actress-producer Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor were given arrest warrants by a court in Begusarai, Bihar, India.
After Ekta and Shobha Kapoor failed to appear for their court appearance, the judge issued the warrant. The case is based on a complaint made by Begusarai resident and ex-serviceman Shambhu Kumar.
In his 2020 complaint, Kumar, an ex-serviceman and resident of Begusarai, said that the web series contained multiple offensive scenes involving a soldier’s wife.
According to attorney Hrishikesh Pathak, “the court issued summonses to them and asked them to appear before it on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar, an ex-serviceman and resident of Begusarai. However, they did not appear before the court, and as a result, a warrant was issued against them.”
However, they (Ekta and Shobha Kapoor) told the court that some of the series’ sequences were cut after the objection. But the warrant was issued against them because they failed to show up in court, Pathak added.
It is noteworthy that lawsuits against Ekta Kapoor have already been filed in other locations connected to the web series.
In Indore, a FIR was filed against producer Ekta Kapoor and others for allegedly offending religious sentiments, disparaging members of the Indian army, and using the national anthem improperly.
The FIR was filed at the Annapurna police station in 2020 under a number of provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and IT Act, according to the police.
The complainant in this case, Neeraj Yagnik, said that he filed a FIR after viewing the web series’ offensive use of the national anthem and the army uniform.
The series was shown on ALTBalaji, an over-the-top (OTT) platform run by Balaji Telefilms, Ekta Kapoor’s television production firm. The business has ties to Shobha Kapoor.
It is an erotic comedy-drama with a unique tale centred around a new aspect of sexual relationships in each episode. While the second season’s began in January 2020, the first season was released in 2018.
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