Producer Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor have landed in legal trouble. A case has been filed against them under the POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving minor girls in an episode of the ALT Balaji`s web series `Gandi Baat`.
The case is related to season 6 of the web series `Gandi Baat` on the OTT platform `Alt Balaji`.
According to Mumbai Police, a case has been registered against Balaji Telefilm Limited, Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor at MHB police station in Mumbai under section 295-A of IPC, IT Act and sections 13 and 15 of POCSO Act.
It is written in the complaint that this series, which streamed on `Alt Balaji` between February 2021 and April 2021, showed obscene scenes of minor girls. However, this controversial episode is not currently streaming on this app.
Meanwhile, Ekta`s drama film `Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2` released in theatres on April 19.
Titled `LSD 2` the film is helmed by Dibakar Banerjee. With a thought-provoking poster, the team confronts the audience with the stark reality of our digitally obsessed society, capturing a couple engaged in both intimate connection and technological detachment simultaneously.