The head of the streaming platform in the country has been summoned by New Delhi over a controversial TV series
New Delhi has accused US streaming giant Netflix of hurting national sentiments after Muslim terrorists were given Hindu names in a new TV series, prompting outrage across the country.
The controversy erupted after the recent release of ‘IC 814 – The Kandahar Hijack’, directed by Anubhav Sinha. The plot is based on the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 by the Pakistan-based terrorist group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
According to an Indian Home Ministry statement from 1999, the hijackers addressed each other as “Chief,” “Doctor,” “Burger,” “Bhola,” and “Shankar.” The same names have been adopted by the Netflix series, despite the fact that the real names of the terrorists are now known – Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim, and Shakir.
Soon after the series was…