Lucknow cops again summon Amazon Prime content head in Tandav series probe

Police in Lucknow have summoned Aparna Purohit, content head at Amazon Prime, on March 18 for questioning the third time as they probe complaints against the streaming service for the way Hindu deities were portrayed in its web series ‘Tandav’.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed cases against Amazon Prime and producers and actors of the web series starring actors Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub and others.

The nine-episode web series had premiered on Amazon Prime on January 15. Purohit has been questioned twice before on February 23 and March 8 by the Lucknow Police. According to sources, she