The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hindi has issued an apology to Raza Academy for showing a portrait of Prophet Muhammad in a video.
The apology was extended after Tahaffuz Namoos-e-Risalat Board, a group associated with the Raza Academy, filed a complaint with Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh seeking action against BBC Hindi. Raza Academy members had also met Maharashtra minister Aslam Sheikh and urged him to ensure action against the media organisation.
Realizing the mistake, the media organization issued an unconditional apology.
In a letter to Saeed Noorie, General Secretary of Raza Academy and member of the Board, BBC News Hindi Editor Mukesh Sharma wrote that the video has been revised. “We regret any offence it may have caused”, the editor wrote.
After receiving the letter, the board said that the matter has come to an end as the media organization has removed the portrait and issued an apology.
