Hyderabad, Oct. 23 -- A 36-minute documentary accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani of corruption and cronyism is circulating widely on X (formerly Twitter), days after Mumbai Police served notices on at least 24 users for sharing it.

The film, titled "How Adani and Modi stole India", was made by Sabeer Bhatia, the Indian-American entrepreneur who co-founded Hotmail. According to Hindustan Times, it questions business dealings, land allocations and government decisions over two decades, and alleges corruption, collusion and corporate cronyism. The allegations in the film have not been established in any judicial finding.

What the police notices say

The notices were issued on October 18. They state that th...