A notice would be issued to IAS office Niyaz Khan, who kicked a row by making controversial tweets over recently released movie ‘The Kashmir Files’, said Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday. Niyaz Khan, who is a Deputy Secretary with the MP Public Works Department, in one of his tweets, urged the makers of ‘The Kashmir Files’ to make a film on the ‘killings of large number of Muslims across several states’ in India, and said “members of this minority community are not insects but citizens of this country.” Talking to reporters in Bhopal on Wednesday, Mishra said that he has seen Khan’s tweets and that it is a serious issue. He is crossing and violating the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ set for Government officials...the State Government will issue a showcause notice to him and seek his reply, Dr Mishra added.

Khan had also said that he was planning to write a book highlighting the ‘massacre of Muslims’ so that a movie like ‘The Kashmir Files’ could be produced by someone to bring the ‘pain and suffering of minorities’ before Indians.

Later, had also appealed to ‘The Kashmir Files’ producer to transfer all earnings from the movie for the education of the children of Kashmiri Pandits and construction of homes for them in Kashmir.

After his tweets became viral, the film’s director, Vivek Agnihotri, had sought an appointment with Khan for ‘exchanging ideas’.

Later, State Medical Education Minister Sarang had said that he was going to write a letter against Khan to the Personnel Department, alleging that the IAS officer was talking about ‘firqaparasti’ (sectarianism).