Producer Of Yash-Starrer 'Toxic' Charged For Illegal Tree Cutting In Bengaluru
NDTV
The producer has claimed that the shooting was done on private land and all necessary permissions had been taken.
A case has been registered against the producer of the Kannada movie 'Toxic' and two others for alleged illegal tree cutting during its filming in a forested area in Bengaluru. The movie features Kannada star Yash, best-known for 'KGF', in a lead role.
Acting on the orders of a magistrate court, the Karnataka forest department has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the movie's producer, KVN Mastermind Creations, the General Manager of Canara Bank and the General Manager of Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) under the Karnataka Forest Act 1963.
This issue had come to light last month when Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre conducted a site inspection at the Peenya Plantation in Bengaluru, where the movie was being shot. The minister had asked the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to conduct an inquiry and the Bengaluru civic body had approached a court, which ordered the registration of an FIR against the producer and the organisations that had rented out the land.
