The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA), on a complaint from activist Shehla Rashid against Zee News with respect to a programme broadcast in November 2020, has directed the broadcaster to remove the video from its website, YouTube and all other links.
The NBDSA has held that the broadcaster violated the principles of self-regulation related to impartiality and objectivity in reporting and ensuring neutrality enshrined in the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards, as regards the impugned broadcast.
The complainant had alleged that her biological father made wild allegations against her, her sister and her mother in the programme, and imputed that she had been involved in funding terror. The complainant stated that the allegations were made with the intention of not only defaming her, her sister and mother, but also bringing danger to her life and liberty.
