ISI Backed Terrorists Did The Hicjacking: BJP Leader On IC814 Controversy Over Identity Change

IC814 The Kandahar Hijack Controversy: The Vijay Varma starrer hostage rescue show has whipped up a row over alleged 'identity swap' of the some of the characters in the show, which is inspired by true events. Ever since it's premiere on Netflix, boycott calls have been trending on social media. In the aftermath, Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting took cognizance of the matter and summoned Netflix India Content Head for questioning.

BJP leader Rajeev Chandrashekhar also weighed in on the row.

'Hijacking was carried out by ISI backed terrorists'

About the controversy that has spilled over into the political circles, Chandrashekhar told ANI, "I vividly remember IC-814. I was very aware of that accident and very involved in following that. Every man and woman in India and indeed in South Asia knows that the hijack of IC-814 from Kathmandu was committed by Pakistan's ISI-backed terrorists. Now, nobody thinks that there were some people from India who did the hijacking. So how the people have Hindu names in that movie, I don't know. But I'm very happy that the I&B Ministry and the GoI have taken cognizance of this and have summoned Netflix," Chandrashekhar said.

Netflix India Content Head summoned over IC814: The Kandahar Hijack controversy?

The content head of OTT platform Netflix has been summoned on September 3 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting over the series IC-814 - The Kandahar Hijack which has triggered a row on social media over the depiction of the hijackers and their religion. In the OTT series, the five hijackers of the flight from Kathmandu are referred to as Chief, Doctor, Burger, Bhola and Shankar.

As per a January 6, 2000 statement by the Union Home Ministry the names of the hijackers were identified as Ibrahim Athar, Bahawalpur; Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Karachi; Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Karachi; Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim, Karachi and Shakir from Sukkur city.