Netflix’s Sacred Games in legal trouble for ‘ defaming’ Rajiv Gandhi

Kolkata, July 11: Police is looking into a complaint filed by a Congress activist against the producers of the web series “Sacred Games” and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for allegedly using derogatory language while referring to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, officials said on Wednesday.

Siddiqui, online platform Netflix and Sacred Games producers are “jointly responsible” for abusing Rajiv Gandhi on the show, Congress activist Rajeev Sinha alleged in his complaint, filed in north Kolkata on Tuesday

Sinha has marked a copy each to the police commissioner, joint commissioner of police ( crime) as well as to the deputy commissioner ( central division), he said.

A plea was also filed in the Delhi high court on Wednesday seeking the removal of certain scenes from Netflix series Sacred Games, claiming that it has derogatory content about former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The plea will now be heard by a different Bench on Thursday.

Sacred Games, starring Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte, tells the story of a police officer who attempts to thwart a terrorist attack in Mumbai.

It is based on Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same name.