Kerala director general of police Anil Kant on November 8 directed the Thiruvananthapuram city police commissioner to register an FIR against the teaser of Hindi film The Kerala Story. According to the Kerala police, the direction was based on a complaint sent to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. A high-tech crime enquiry cell had conducted a probe which revealed that a character in the film’s teaser claimed that 32,000 girls from Kerala were forcibly converted and later made to join terror group Islamic State. The enquiry report was submitted to the DGP.
Opposition and Congress leader V.D. Satheesan called the teaser a “clear case of misinformation” and claimed that the film was made to “tarnish the image of Kerala”. He also alleged that the film was a “Sangh Parivar agenda”. The Kerala Story is produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, and directed by Sudipto Sen.