India, July 7 -- A day after the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj was taken down from the streaming platform Zee5, a new report quoted Ministry of Information and Broadcasting officials as saying it happened because the film's makers released it 'without the required certification process being completed'.

Satluj, directed by Honey Trehan, is based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and was released on Zee5 on Friday. On Sunday, just two days later, it was removed from the platform in India, the streamer informed in a statement.

An ANI report said that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) stated that the film was released on an OTT platform without due process being followed. An official from the Minist...