News Agency ANI Sues Netflix For Using Its Content In 'IC 814' Web Series

Netflix series "IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack" - a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu - has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

News agency ANI has sued Netflix Inc and producers of an Indian series about a plane hijack, asking for four episodes to be taken down as they used ANI content without permission, ANI's lawyer told Reuters on Monday.

The series, called "IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack" - a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu - has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

Social media users and members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party have criticised the show for what they said was an incorrect portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names when they were Muslims.