Within the wake of protests over Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan endorsing a web based gaming app, rummy portal A23 Video games, the Mumbai Police have beefed up safety outdoors the actor’s residence, Mannat, within the metropolis.
A23 Video games had lately launched an advert marketing campaign that includes the actor. The advert stoked an argument, with a discussion board, Untouch Youth Basis, opposing the choice of the actor to advertise the net gaming platform and calling for a protest outdoors the actor’s residence.
“Well-known actors and actresses work in these ads and they’re working in direction of misguiding society,” the discussion board claimed in a press release.
Krishchandra Adal, president of the discussion board, identified that if somebody is playing outdoors, the police arrest them, however Bollywood actors are selling on-line video games and deceptive the youth.
“The Bollywood stars additionally know it’s fallacious, however they’re getting cash so they’re selling them. We make these stars well-known by watching their motion pictures and spending our cash on them. We demand these ads to cease,” he was quoted as saying.
In response to media studies, the police have detained a number of individuals.
