The Allahabad high court recently stayed the arrest of Karan Anshuman, Gurmeet Singh, Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishna, the directors and writers of web series Mirzapur, in connection with an FIR lodged against them at Kotwali Dehat police station of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh. Karan Anshuman and Gurmeet Singh are the directors of the first season of the web series while Gurmeet Singh is the director of the second season. Besides, Karan and Vineet Krishna are the writers of the first season, and Puneet Krishna is the writer of the second season.
Earlier, on January 29, 2021, the Allahabad high court had stayed the arrest of Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, producers of the web series, in pursuance of the FIR registered against them.
