The government of India has banned the OTT service Vidly TV, which is situated in Pakistan

Credent Tv: The web series that was broadcast on the OTT Platform, according to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), “was found to be detrimental to national security, sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, India’s friendly relations with foreign States, and public order in the country.”

In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, the Center on Monday blocked the Pakistani OTT Platform Vidly TV’s website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts, and one smart TV app for displaying anti-Indian content in its recently published web series “Sevak: The Confessions.”

The web series that was broadcast on the OTT Platform, according to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), “was found to be detrimental to national security, sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, India’s friendly relations with foreign States, and public order in the country.”

The ministry made this judgement after highlighting a number of undesirable elements in the online series.

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1) The order states that the Ashok Chakra of the Indian flag is on fire in the web series’ opening credits.

2) According to the Centre, the web series gives a misleading account of sensitive Indian historical events.

The web series “portrayed an anti-India narrative on sensitive historical events and subjects of national importance, including Operation Blue Star and its aftermath, the destruction of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, the murder of a Christian missionary named Graham Staines, the blasts at Malegaon and the Samjhauta Express, the inter-state river water dispute over the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal, etc.”

3) The ministry asserted that the OTT platform incites animosity toward the Indian government.

It draws attention to a number of themes, including the Sikh people’s transmission of Operation Blue Star wounds to future generations, the Indian state’s opposition to Muslim community interests, and the involvement of all Indian political parties in the Babri Masjid demolition.

Another illustration from the order quotes a television news outlet in India as saying that “Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians are India’s internal threat.”

4) “Sevak: The Confessions,” a web series, has been accused of “encouraging separatism, disaffection, and dissatisfaction among the Sikh community towards India.”

Operation Blue Star was portrayed as a “massacre” of “innocent Sikhs,” according to the Centre. It was further said that the events in Punjab following Operation Blue Star were intentionally depicted with strong sectarian overtones, showing that the police action and violence were motivated by religious factors. According to the ministry, “all Punjabi cops are shown without turbans, presenting a message that non-Sikh policeman classified the Sikh people as Khalistani terrorists.”

5) The web series was designed to incite animosity and divide among Indian groups, the court ruled.

The government said that a Hindu priestess was depicted saying that Hindu youngsters must mature to “murder” Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs in order to purge the homeland of their “filthy” existence.

A different scene alleges that Scheduled Castes are coerced into continuing to practise Hinduism. The 1984 anti-Sikh riots were depicted as a Hindu attack on Sikhs using religious symbols, the directive continued.