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New Delhi: Sudhir Chaudhary, the editor-in-chief of Zee News and prime-time show host of Daily News And Analysis on Zee News has been booked under non-bailable sections in Kerala on Thursday, May 7.
The FIR has been filed in connection with an episode that was aired on March 11 on the Zee News channel. “The accused presented a programme that is offending the Muslim religion,” the FIR read.
According to the FIR, during the segment, Chaudhary showed his viewers a ‘jihad chart’ and explained the ‘types of jihad’. The Quint reports that Chaudhary’s visual aide was complete wit a flowchart that was not only pointed out as having been plagiarised but also for being derogatory towards the Muslim community.
The news about the FIR was confirmed by Chaudhary himself, who tweeted it, calling it his ” Pulitzer Prize for reporting the truth”.
“Here’s my Pulitzer Prize for reporting the truth.Sharing the citation— an FIR filed against me by the Kerala police under nonbailable sections.The award for exposing inconvenient facts.A clear msg for media.If u don’t toe the decades old pseudo-secular line you’ll be behind bars,” he tweeted and attached what looks to be a scanned copy of the FIR.
Here’s my Pulitzer Prize for reporting the truth.Sharing the citation— an FIR filed against me by the Kerala police under nonbailable sections.The award for exposing inconvenient facts.A clear msg for media.If u don’t toe the decades old pseudo-secular line you’ll be behind bars. pic.twitter.com/zV3GvNg2YR
— Sudhir Chaudhary (@sudhirchaudhary) May 7, 2020
He retweeted the original post writing, “This is the price for daring to speak against #ZameenJihad in Jammu,#LoveJihad in Kerala, PFI funding of CAA protests, and for daring to enter Shaheen Bagh. I have all the respect for the law but these tactics won’t stop me. Bring it on!”
It can be noted that Sudhir Chaudhary has been called out and criticised for his style of journalism over the years.