Zee News falsely claimed on Friday that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi referred to the two accused in the shocking Udaipur killing, as "children".
The Hindi news channel tried to misleadingly pass off Gandhi's remarks on the vandalism of his constituency office in Wayanad, Kerala as his comment on the Udaipur killing where a tailor was hacked to death on camera last month.
Zee News has since taken down the video from its YouTube channel and deleted its tweet. Rohit Ranjan, who anchored the prime-time show 'DNA' in which the byte was aired, also tweeted an apology.
In a shocking incident, two accused - Gaus Mohammad and Mohd Riyaz Ansari brutally hacked to death Kanhaiyalal, a tailor in Udaipur for making a social media post in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma who made remarks against Prophet Mohammad. The accused were arrested based on two videos they shared on their Facebook account - one showing them brutally hacking the victim to death and the second where they confessed to the crime and also threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Udaipur saw widespread protests after the murder and curfew was imposed and internet suspended.
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