IAS officer Niyaz Khan lands in trouble over his tweets on 'The Kashmir Files'

IAS officer Niyaz Khan, who is also the deputy secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Public Works department is in legal trouble with the state government over his unabashed tweets about the latest superhit film ‘The Kashmir Files’. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra told news reporters on Wednesday that a show-cause notice will be sent to Niyaz for crossing the line. Last week, Niyaz Khan posted a series of tweets on the movie ‘The Kashmir Files. His first tweet read, ‘Kashmir File shows the pain of Brahmins. They should be allowed to live safely in Kashmir with all honour. The producer must also make a movie to show the killings of Large number of Muslims across several states. Muslims are not insects but human beings and citizens of country.’ In the following tweet, he wrote, ‘Thinking to write a book to show the massacre of Muslims on different occasions so that a movie like Kashmir Files could be produced by some producer, so that, the pain and suffering of minorities could be brought before Indians’. MP Home Minister Mishra, in an interaction with news reporters on Wednesday, said, "I have seen Khan's tweets. This is a serious issue...he is crossing and violating the lakshman rekha (limit) set for (government) officials...the state government will issue a show-cause notice to him and seek his reply." Niyaz, in one of his tweets also called on the producer of ‘TKF’ to donate all profits from the film to the education of Kashmiri Pandit children and the construction of homes for them in Kashmir; to which the film’s director Vivek Agnihotri had reportedly responded saying he would like to meet Niyaz during his Bhopal visit later this month. ‘The Kashmir Files’ tells the story of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits from the valley which took place in the 90s.The film has become the highest grossing film post pandemic crossing the 200-crore mark even before completing the second week. It has struck the right emotional chord with the audiences and that has translated in its box-office numbers. The film was exempted from entertainment tax in several BJP-ruled states, including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat. For more news and updates, stay tuned to ETimes.

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