India’s right-wing brigade has demanded an apology from News 24 TV channel after the Uttar Pradesh Police said that the media outlet had carried fake news about a woman.
It all started with News 24 running a news flash claiming that a husband had committed a shameful act of losing his wife in gambling on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras, which is a part of the festival of Diwali. The news flash by News 24 read, “A husband mortgages his wife after losing in gambling. The incident is from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh. The woman’s brother comes to her rescue, a case is registered.”
The media outlet also shared a photo of a sari-clad woman with a caption that read, “Husband loses his wife in gambling on Dhanteras.”
Reacting the news flash of News 24 TV, the Amroha Police wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “In relation to the above case, please be informed that on the basis of the complaint filed by the applicant, a case has been registered against her husband Suhail Ahmed and her in-laws under dowry harassment and other relevant sections and advance legal proceedings are underway.”
The tweet by the Amroha Police made it clear that the woman in question was Muslim and there was no Dhanteras angle involved as Muslims did not observe the festival of Diwali and its related rituals.
Soon, angry Hindu social media users took to Twitter to demand an apology from News 24, which deleted the objectionable tweet after being corrected by the Amroha Police.
Here’s how they reacted;
हिंदुओं थोड़ा और जोड़ लगा दीजिए ताकि यह बेशर्म #न्यूज24_माफी_मांग सके
हिंदु विरोधी न्यूज 24
सनातन धर्म विरोधी न्यूज 24 pic.twitter.com/sfnpQGZeWj— Chandan Sharma (@ChandanSharmaG) November 11, 2023
मुर्ख #न्यूज24_माफी_मांग 🤬
न्यूज़ 24 जैसा वामपंथी चैनल लगातार सनातन धर्म और संस्कृति को बदनाम करने का काम कर रहा है
👉 हिंदुओं इतना ट्वीट कीजिए कि वामपंथी न्यूज चैनल माफी मांगने पर मजबुर हो जाए
माफी मांगों.. माफी मांगों.. न्यूज 24 माफी मांगों pic.twitter.com/POjRFFE8ig
— Chandan Sharma (@ChandanSharmaG) November 11, 2023
सही खबर ये है@news24tvchannel ने हिन्दुओं को बदनाम करने व हिन्दू त्योहारों को गंदा दिखाने के लिए जुम्मे की जगह धनतेरस और मुस्लिम महिला की जगह हिन्दू युवती का फोटो दिखाया ||
लिखो #न्यूज24_माफी_मांग ✊ pic.twitter.com/nZEm6jtbjw
— Deepak Sharma (@SonOfBharat7) November 11, 2023
#न्यूज24_माफी_मांग
Ramesh ji to the news24 channel after seeing the fact. pic.twitter.com/a2BfB9ZipB— श्रवण बिश्नोई (किसान) (@SharwanKumarBi7) November 11, 2023
हिन्दू धर्म को बदनाम कर प्रोपेगैंडा चलाने वाले @news24tvchannel#न्यूज24_माफी_मांग pic.twitter.com/UCqGMS1Iwg
— कुंवर अजयप्रताप सिंह Ajay 🇮🇳 (@iAjaySengar) November 11, 2023
News 24 is owned by Anurradha Prasad, who is married to Congress leader Rajiv Shukla and is the sister of BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.