I&B ministry advises ZEE5 not to release ‘Lawrence of Punjab’
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has advised ZEE5 not to release ‘Lawrence of Punjab’, a docu-series on gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, after the Punjab Police expressed apprehension that it posed a risk to public order.
Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking a ban on the release of the web series, claiming it would glorify gangster culture.
When the matter came up in the high court on Friday, Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain and advocate Dheeraj Jain, representing the Centre, placed a copy of the communication from the I&B ministry before the bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu.
