New Delhi: Hindi news channel News24 was caught spreading fake news hurting religious sentiments around the festival of Diwali. AdvertismentThe news channel owned by Anurradha Prasad and Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Friday said that a man from Amroha lost his wife in gambling while playing cards. News24 wrote on X that the incident was reported in Amroha. AdvertismentAmroha police called out the channel for spreading fake news and said that it was a case of dowry harassment against Suhail Ahmed from Amroha. Several X users called out News24 for not apologising for its Hinduphobic fake news as the channel just updated with the information provided by Amroha police regarding the incident in reply to its original post.

Source: News 24 November 12, 2023 10:11 UTC