New Delhi: A notice was issued to a TV channel by the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) for airing a report, which allegedly referred to some locals of north Delhi’s Bawana area as “Rohingyas” and “Bangladeshis”, the panel’s head said.
The DMC has issued a notice over a report it telecast about the residents of Bawana in north Delhi, its chairman Zafarul Islam Khan said.
He said the channel had aired a programme on May 11 that “dubbed” them as “Bangladeshis” and “Rohingyas” although these Indian citizens had been officially settled there by government agencies after their relocation from various areas of Delhi over the decades.
The TV channel’s managing director was directed to reply by June 12 with proof to show that the Bawana residents were “Bangladeshis” and “Rohingyas”, Mr Khan said.
“If it fails, the TV channel has been directed to tender an unconditional written apology and also inform the commission as to what action it has taken against the particular reporter and the staff, who prepared and aired the fake report that spread disaffection against a particular section of citizens of the country,” he said.
