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Newslaundry
National
Akankhya Rout

‘Pressure for views’: ABP sacks 3 over fake video linking Neha Singh Rathore to ‘sex racket’

Three ABP News employees have reportedly been terminated after a false YouTube video claiming police action against a “sex racket” at a “hostel” linked to satirist and singer Neha Singh Rathore.

Sources at the channel identified the three as the production head, the person who made the video, and the YouTube shift in-charge. One source said the error came out of a newsroom under constant pressure to chase views.

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