Earlier
this
week,
Uttar
Pradesh
police
officials
landed
in
Mumbai
to
investigate
the
case
filed
against
the
makers
of
Tandav.
The
special
team
on
Friday,
(January
22)
recorded
the
statements
of
director
Ali
Abbas
Zafar,
writer
Gaurav
Solanki
and
producer
Himanshu
Mehra
in
Mumbai's
Andheri
area.
According
to
reports,
UP
police
had
visited
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
and
Solanki's
residence
but
the
statements
could
not
be
recorded.
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Aparna
Purohit
reportedly
is
also
supposed
to
record
her
statement
but
she
is
currently
in
Delhi.
A
notice
has
been
sent
to
all
four,
asking
them
to
come
to
Hazratganj
police
station
in
Lucknow,
UP,
on
January
27.
A
police
officer
from
the
UP
police
told
reports,
"We
have
taken
statements
of
three
accused
in
the
case.
From
Amazon,
Aparna
Purohit
is
in
Delhi,
we
have
contacted
her.
We
will
now
go
back
to
UP,
discuss
with
our
seniors
and
submit
our
investigations
report." The
statements
were
reportedly
recorded
for
over
four
hours
at
two
different
locations
in
Mumbai's
Andheri
and
Juhu
area.
The
FIR
was
registered
at
Lucknow's
Hazratganj
Kotwali
against
the
four
for
allegedly
hurting
religious
sentiments
on
January
18.
According
to
reports,
some
of
the
lead
cast
including
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Mohammed
Zeeshan
Ayyub
have
also
been
named
in
the
FIR
and
will
be
called
for
further
questioning.
For
the
unversed,
several
cases
have
been
filed
against
the
makers
of
the
political
drama
across
the
country,
including
cities
like
Mumbai,
Greater
Noida,
Lucknow
and
more.
After
the
heavy
backlash
and
legal
cases,
the
makers
agreed
to
drop
the
controversial
scenes
from
the
show.
Zafar
on
Tuesday
(January
19)
revealed
in
a
statement
that
the
cast
and
crew
of
the
show
have
decided
to
implement
changes
as
it
has
hurt
religious
sentiments
of
many
viewers.
"We
have
the
utmost
respect
for
the
sentiments
of
the
people
of
our
country.
We
did
not
intend
to
hurt
or
offend
the
sentiments
of
any
individual,
caste,
community,
race,
religion
or
religious
beliefs
or
insult
or
outrage
any
institution,
political
party
or
person,
living
or
dead,"
the
statement
was
shared
on
the
director's
Twitter
account.
"The
cast
and
crew
of
Tandav
have
made
the
decision
to
implement
changes
to
the
web
series
to
address
the
concerns
raised
towards
the
same.
We
thank
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
for
guidance
and
support
in
the
matter.
We
once
again
apologise
if
the
series
has
unintentionally
hurt
anybody's
sentiments,"
the
statement
further
read.