The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has directed Times Now Navbharat to remove sections of a programme about the arrest of Assamese singer Altaf Hussain in September 2024.

In its order on December 2, the news regulatory body noted that while covering the arrest, the anchor brought a “stereotype in respect of a particular community” and reported with a preconceived agenda.

The action came on a complaint by the human rights organisation Citizens for Justice and Peace.

Hussain was arrested on August 31, 2024, by the Assam Police for allegedly inciting hatred against the state’s ethnic communities through a song that he released that month.

The song asked: “Does Assam belong to your father that you want to chase them out?” Singing in Assamese, Hussain had pointed out

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