Here's all that happened after Vishal made corruption allegations against CBFC!
On September 28, actor Vishal took to Twitter to share a video raising his voice for the corruption and made allegations regarding the bribe obtained by CBFC, Mumbai. The actor revealed that he hade to make a payment of Rs 6.5 lakh as a fee to release his film in Hindi. The actor shared the details of the two transactions that was made to the officials incharge and called out for a probe and inquiry. The actor said that he did not want to fight corruption offscreen also and said that he is revealing the matter to bring it to everyone's notice. After the actor's allegations, the government has taken an action and here's the timeline of the incident!
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A CBI enquiry was demanded
Ex CBFC officer Ashok reportedly said that on behalf of the Indian Film and Television Directors' Association, a letter has been given to the Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, Prasoon Joshi and he has also demanded for a CBI enquiry on the allegations against corruption. Reacting to this, former Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani reportedly stated that Prasoon Joshi should resign and said that he supports actor Vishal's move.
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Government issued a notice
The Indian government immediately took action after the allegations on corruption were made by actor Vishal against the film censor board. Making an official statement the Ministry of Information and Broadcast said, "The issue of corruption in CBFC brought forth by actor @VishalKOfficial is extremely unfortunate. The Government has zero tolerance for corruption and strictest action will be taken against anyone found involved. A senior officer from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has been deputed to Mumbai to conduct an inquiry today itself."
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Vishal thanked the officials as necessary actions were taken
Soon after the allegations, the ministry of I&B probed for a detailed enquiry. The actor took to Twitter to thank Prime Minister Modi and the Indian government. His post read, "I sincerely thank @MIB_India for taking immediate steps on this important matter pertaining to corruption issue in #CBFC Mumbai. Thank you very much for the necessary action taken and definitely hoping for this to be an example for every government official who intends to or is part of corruption and to take the honest route to serve the nation and not the steps of corruption ."
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CBFC responds to allegations
After Vishal's allegations against Mumbai CBFC, the censor board came forward to state that they have zero tolerance for corruption. In a statement released by CBFC, it read, "It has been noticed that despite the online certification system i.e. E-Cinepramaan in place and regular updates on new system improvements for the film producers/applicants, they still choose to apply through intermediaries or agents. This goes against the objective of eliminating third-party involvement in the certification process. However, we have taken note of the allegations being reported very seriously and CBFC has zero tolerance for corruption. Also, the strictest action will be taken against anyone found involved and we shall get into the root cause. Meanwhile, any attempt to malign the image of CBFC will not be tolerated."
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