Aaj Tak, the 24x7 Hindi news channel dug its own pit on Wednesday, 14 February, when it aired a debate around not just any news, but on a fake tweet around Priya Prakash Varrier’s viral Malayalam song.

The 6 pm debate on the national news channel revolved around a tweet that shows Maulana Atif Qadri, the vice-president of the West Bengal Minority United Council, stating that a fatwa had been issued against the actor for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

According to the tweet, Qadri supposedly said: