Wankhede sues Aryan Khan's show for defamation

NEW DELHI: IRS serviceman and erstwhile Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal manager Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit successful Delhi precocious tribunal against the makers of the Netflix play bid 'The Ba***ds of Bollywood'.The suit filed connected Thursday seeks an injunction and Rs 2 crore successful damages for misleading and antagonistic portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies and maligning his reputation. The series, directed by Aryan Khan, lad of histrion Shah Rukh Khan, was released connected Sept 18. Wankhede is known for arresting Aryan Khan successful a cause lawsuit successful 2021.Series aimed astatine damaging his reputation, says Wankhede In his plea, Sameer Wankhede has raised objections to a country successful the bid wherever a quality makes an obscene motion aft saying "Satyamev Jayate", which is simply a portion of the nationalist emblem. He argued this was a "grave" usurpation of the provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. He claimed the bid presents anti-drug enforcement agencies successful a misleading and antagonistic airy and erodes nationalist assurance successful instrumentality enforcement institutions.The plea besides alleges that the bid was produced with the intent to harm his reputation. Wankhede besides objected to references made successful the bid to Aryan's NCB case, highlighting that the lawsuit remains sub judice earlier the Bombay precocious tribunal and the peculiar tribunal dealing with NDPS cases successful Mumbai. The suit names arsenic defendants the accumulation institution Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix, X Corp, Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc.

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