Observing that the shameful and disgusting portrayal of religious Icons including Lord Rama, Devi Sita and Lord Hanuman in the movie Adipurush has hurt the emotions of the people at large, the .
If such illegal and immoral acts of the filmmakers are not checked at the earliest, more films may be produced that touch sensitive aspects of other religions besides Hinduism, the Court opined.
Varanasi: Mirzapur police arrested a truck owner, Raju Chaubey, for allegedly threatening and blackmailing additional regional transport officer (administration/enforcement) Vivek Kumar Shukla after failing to pressurise him for waiving road tax.
Inspector Katra Kotwali Swaminath Prasad said, “On the complaint of ARTO a named FIR against Raju Chaubey has been lodged under section 186 (voluntarily obstruct any public servant in the discharge of his public functions), 500 (defamation) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.”
“When police raided Chaube’s house he tried to jump from the roof to escape. In this bid, Chaubey’ got his leg fractured and was admitted to district hospital under police custody. Police are trying to identifying Chaubey’s accomplice, who has also been made an accused in this case,” he added.