I&B Ministry summons Netflix content head over ‘IC-814’ series row

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has summoned the content head of OTT platform Netflix seeking an explanation over controversy of depicting hijackers in the series IC-814 – The Kandahar Hijack.

The web series starring Vijay Varma, is an account of the harrowing experiences of hundreds of passengers in the Indian Airlines flight that hijacked in 1999 and was diverted to multiple locations before ending up in Taliban-controlled Kandahar in Afghanistan.