Uday Mahurkar (middle) astatine the property conference. (Express Photo)
Uday Mahurkar, a erstwhile cardinal accusation commissioner, connected Friday sought ineligible enactment against OTT and societal media platforms for allegedly producing and disseminating sexually explicit content.
Speaking to mediapersons, Mahurkar, laminitis of Save Culture Save Bharat Foundation, besides alleged that the Delhi Police did not registry his FIR against the platforms. “The Delhi Police refused to lodge an FIR based connected my complaint… for disseminating explicit worldly of an appalling nature. This stands successful opposition to the Mumbai Police, which lodged an FIR against Ekta and Shobha Kapoor for producing contented violating the POCSO Act. Delhi Police’s refusal to enactment has forced maine to crook to the courts,” helium alleged.
According to a elder Delhi Police officer, Mahurkar’s ailment had been forwarded to the Cyber Cell for further action.
On October 24, the Mumbai Police had issued a announcement to Ekta Kapoor and her parent who were booked nether POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving insignificant girls successful an occurrence of a web series.
Mahurkar said helium has demanded a implicit prohibition connected sexually explicit contented portion recommending 10 to 20 years of imprisonment and denial of bail for astatine slightest 3 years. “There are cases wherever the accused person committed intersexual transgression aft consuming porn not lone successful nine per se but adjacent successful their homes… We indispensable travel enactment an extremity to this for the involvement of the nation,” Mahurkar told The Indian Express.
In a statement, the institution representing Ekta and Shobha Kapoor said, “With notation to assorted media reports regarding the web series… (the company) hereby clarifies that it is afloat compliant with each applicable laws including the POCSO Act and immoderate references to engagement of minors by the institution is wholly incorrect. It is further clarified that Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor are not progressive successful the day-to-day operations of the institution and the aforesaid are managed by abstracted teams, including its contented strategy.”