Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently featured in an advertisement that has received flak. The actor dressed up as a policeman in the ad. As per the reports, in the ad, the actor is proving poker dressed as a cop. This didn’t sit well with many people and a Hindu organisation has raised objections against the same. For more details, keep reading further.
Nawazuddin Siddique in legal trouble?
As reported by the Free Press Journal, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is accused of allegedly defaming the image of Maharashtra police with his new ad. Hindu Janjagruti Samiti wrote to the Mumbai Police commissioner and Maharashtra director general of police to take action against the actor and Ankur Singh, who owns Big Cash Poker. In the complaint, the organisation mentioned that the advertisement damages the reputation of Maharashtra Police as the actor, dressed as a cop, is asking people to play poker. The statement mentions how the ad is ‘damaging and disrespectful to law enforcement’.
Further in this entertainment news, Abhishek Murukate, Maharashtra state coordinator of Surajya Abhiyan, also wrote a letter to the state’s DGP and Mumbai Police commissioner. The letter demanded strict action against the Gangs of Wasseypur actor and legal measures under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1979, and the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. These are the charges that are applied for allegedly defaming the police force.
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An excerpt from the letter reads, “The Maharashtra police are trained through hard work, but this advertisement attempts to suggest that online gambling gives them skills. It is disappointing that no police officer has been compelled to take action against this application and it is unfortunate that complaints have to be made by others. We also wish that Maharashtra’s home minister also takes cognizance of the matter.”
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