Don’t telecast provocative content on Jahangirpuri violence: Govt to TV channels.

The ministry of information and broadcasting on Saturday cautioned private TV channels against broadcasting provocative and misleading content or videos of violence while reporting the communal clashes in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri.

According to an advisory issued by the ministry, the government expressed serious concern about the manner in which the “television channels have gone about their operations in the matter of transmitting content and are hereby strongly advised to immediately refrain from publishing and transmitting any content which is violative of the aforementioned provisions of The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.

The ministry said that it has observed a trend of provocative headlines and videos of violence that may incite communal hatred among the communities and disrupt peace and law and order.

It also noted broadcasts that may disrupt the ongoing investigation process by playing scandalous and unverified CCTV footages, showing footages of a specific community thus aggravating the communal tensions, besides sensationalising and giving communal colours to the actions of authority.