Thread by @tequieremos

The BJP govt is planning to ban Vidly TV's original web series ‘Sevak The Confessions’ which is based on true events in India; covering gross human rights violations from 1984 to 2022. Let's discuss the stories covered in the series and why it has rattled the Modi govt.

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1. The story of Maharashtra's brave ATS Chief Hemant Karkare is covered in the series. It was Karkare who uncovered the Hindu terror network of Sangh Parivar after he arrested Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Purohit Prasad during the inquiry of Malegaon bomb blast in 2008.

2. Graham Stuart Staines was an Australian Christian missionary, who along with his two sons, Philip and Timothy, was burnt to death by Hindu extremists on January 22, 1999. He and his wife Gladys were working for leprosy patients in Odisha. His role is played by Carl Urban.

3. Deep Singh Sidhu was a lawyer, actor, writer and activist. In Sept 2021, Sidhu formed a political organisation ‘Waris Punjab De' and took an active part in the farmers protests. On 24 February 2022, he was declared as Komi Yodha (National Warrior) by Sikh organisations.

4. Surekha Bhotmange, a Dalit woman farmer, was killed along with her two sons and daughter, by a deranged mob of upper caste Hindus in Maharashtra in 2006. She had renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism - her biggest crime. Arundhati Roy termed Surekha as India's Malala.

5. Gauri Lankesh was a brave Indian journalist and activist, who had called the RSS “a multi-hooded poisonous snake.” And subsequently, in 2017, she was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist. Her character is played by Hajra Yamin in the series.

6. Lt Col Purohit Prasad is an Indian army officer who co founded Abhinav Bharat. During the inquiry of Malegaon bomb blasts, Purohit admitted that he had stolen RDX from army depots and supplied it to the terrorists of Sangh Parivar for carrying out the Samjhauta express blast.

7. Pragya Thakur is BJP's member of parliament of BJP from Bhopal. She was arrested by ATS Chief Hemant Karkare for her role in the Malegaon bomb blasts.

8. Yogi Adityanath is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the likely successor of Narendra Modi. He is a militant monk who flaunts his islamophobia with a badge of honour. His character is played by none other than Nayyer Ijaz.

Along with these inspiring stories, the incidents of 1984 Sikh genocide, 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid, the 2002 Gujarat pogrom and 2020 Farmers Protests are covered in the web series. This makes it an unprecedented thriller and automatically a threat to the BJP govt.

Sevak explores and reveals the true antagonists behind past events of deceit, terror and crime. The storyline is a keenly woven tale of suspense, within the backdrop of true events between 1984 and 2022.

You can watch episode 1 on YouTube:

All episodes are available on Vidly's You Tube Channel for viewers in India and Bangladesh while for rest of viewers, they have to subscribe Vidly.

Episode 2:
vidly.tv/video/113705/S…

Episode 3:
vidly.tv/video/113727/S…