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Published 18:03 IST, June 5th 2020

After Hindustani Bhau, now Martyrs' association files complaint against Ekta Kapoor's show

After Hindustani Bhau, Martyrs' Family Welfare Foundation filed a complaint in Gurugram against Ekta Kapoor's show XXX: Uncensored 2 over a controversial scene.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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Some of the content shown on Indian web series is not going down well with a section of netizens. After the Anushka Sharma-produced Paatal Lok landed in multiple controversies, now, Ekta Kapoor’s show XXX: Uncensored 2 is facing legal issues. There has been outrage over a particular scene in the show, that had also made Bigg Boss 13 fame Vikas Fhatak aka Hindustani Bhau lodge a complaint with the Mumbai Police. 

READ: Ekta Kapoor’s Police Complaint Against ALT Balaji’s 'XXX Uncensored 2' Gets Dismissed?

Now, the Martyrs’ Family Welfare Foundation has also expressed its objection, and has filed a complaint with the Gurugram Police.  

The outrage is over a scene in which a character playing an Armyman’s wife, is seen performing a sexual act with another man, and he is shown dressed in the Army uniform. 

In a post of the complaint submitted at the Palam Vihar Police Station, the association accused the makers, AltBalaji's Ekta Kapoor and her parents Jitendra and Shobha Kapoor, of ‘disrespecting the Army.’ The association termed the show as ‘morally corrupt’ and wrote that they had ‘stooped to a new low.’ They demanded that the makers apologise and pull down the series from the web.  

READ: 'AltBalaji Insults Army' Trends After Hindustani Bhau Files Complaint Against Ekta Kapoor

Here’s the post 

Earlier, Twitteratti had trended the hashtag #AltBalajiInsultsArmy over the controversy..

Reportedly, another complaint was filed in Hyderabad, but was dismissed over lack of ‘objectionable content.’

Meanwhile, Hindustani Bhau expressed his displeasure over the police informing him that they were investigating the matter, and expressed eagerness to see arrests being made. 

READ: 'Paatal Lok': National Minorities Commission Calls For Action, Complains To Delhi Police

READ: Anushka Sharma Has THIS To Say About 'Paatal Lok' Being Compared To 'Sacred Games'

Updated 18:03 IST, June 5th 2020

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