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In a big win for actress Rakul Preet Singh, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority(NBSA) has directed Zee News, Zee 24 Tas and Zee Hindustan to air an apology on December 17 for their vilifying reports linking her to drugs and SSR case . In September, when Singh was summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB), she moved Delhi HC seeking direction to stop media reports linking her with the drugs case, calling them defamatory.
Apart from asking the three ZEE channels to air an apology, the NBSA also directed news channels like Times Now, India TV, Aaj Tak, India Today, News Nation and ABP news to take down the links of the reports against Rakul from their websites and their social media handle. The board asked them to remove all the content immediately and to confirm the same to NBSA in writing within seven days.
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The News Broadcasting Standards Authority on Thursday directed three news channels to air an apology on December 17 for their reports on actor Rakul Preet Singh in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, reported
Live Law. The news channels that were asked to air the apology are Zee News, Zee24, and Zee Hindustani.
In September, Singh had filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against unsubstantiated reports linking her with a drug case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau. The actor along with industry colleagues Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, and Shraddha Kapoor was summoned in the drugs case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.