Stop broadcast of film on Prophet Muhammad: Maharashtra Home Minister to Centre

The organisation, Raza Academy, had submitted the complaint to the state's cyber cell, seeking a ban on the films broadcast on digital platforms, it said.

By: PTI

Mumbai | Updated: July 15, 2020 11:31 PM IST

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Anil Deshmukh has sought the ban on the film under the Information Technology Act to ensure the law and order situation is not affected in the state, said an official statement issued on Wednesday. (Photo from Anil Deshmukh Twitter)

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has written to the Centre demanding a ban on the broadcast of the film Muhammad: The Messenger of God on digital platforms following a complaint by a city-based organisation in this regard.

Deshmukh has sought the ban on the film under the Information Technology Act to ensure the law and order situation is not affected in the state, said an official statement issued on Wednesday.

The organisation, Raza Academy, had submitted the complaint to the state’s cyber cell, seeking a ban on the films broadcast on digital platforms, it said.

Thestatement does not specify details of the Academy’s complaint.

Following this, Deshmukh wrote a letter to the central government seeking a ban on the films broadcast under the provisions of the IT Act to ensure the law and order situation is not affected in the state, the statement said.

The film is to be broadcast on July 21, it said.

The home minister has demanded that instructions be issued to prevent broadcast of the film on digital platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp among others.

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