Bhopal: A group of Bajrang Dal members thrashed filmmaker Prakash Jha and smeared his face with ink on Sunday while rampage on the set of his web series Aashram being shot in Bhopal, the police said.
In a video that went viral on the social media showed Bajrang Dal members chasing down crew, managing to catch at least one of them and beating him mercilessly with a metal light stand.
The right-wing group members said that Jha’s Ashram web series starring Bobby Deol was hurting sentiments and an assault on Hinduism. They said that web series will not be allowed to shoot till Jha not changed title of it.
Jha has not filed a complaint in the matter yet.
Mob also shouted slogans like “Prakash Jha Murdabad”, “Bobby Deol Murdabad” and “Jai Shri Ram” as they attacked the set at Old Jail Premises located in Arera Hills in the evening.