A scene from Netflix’s Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War has drawn criticism from an Indian Army veteran over the depiction of an officer’s coffin. Colonel Vembu Shankar alleged that the Tricolour was incorrectly draped and urged the makers to digitally correct the scene, suspend its streaming and issue an apology.

Veteran army officer demands apology

Colonel Vembu Shankar, an Indian Army veteran, has raised concerns over a scene in the Netflix web series Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War. He noted the incorrect draping of the Tricolour on a coffin in a scene involving Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja (Siddharth). He shared a picture of the scene featuring Mihir Ahuja as Flying Officer C.H. Bal Reddy, aka Baldy, and Abhay Verma as Flying Officer Rajpal Singh Dhaliwal, aka Dhali, carrying Ahuja's coffin as pallbearers. The veteran alleged that although the coffin is draped in the Indian National Flag, the way the Tricolour has been placed is inconsistent with the Flag Code of India.