Gujarat: FIR against NDTV over Tanishq showroom report

Kutch district police have registered an FIR against news channel NDTV following a complaint by one of the men who had allegedly entered a Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham on Monday evening and demanded an apology for the advertisement that depicted an interfaith family.

The FIR was lodged on Thursday, a day after Gujarat Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja tweeted that a case be lodged against those spreading “fake news”, with reference to an NDTV report about an “attack on the Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham”.

The channel has been booked under IPC Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief).