Chinmayi Sripaada referred to the singer’s actions as “horrendous.”
Mumbai:
The ‘Mast Magan’ singer Chinmayi Sripaada criticised Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for assaulting a ‘pupil,’ after the Pakistani singer’s video went viral on social media, exhibiting him bodily torturing the coed.
On Saturday night, Chinmayi took to X and wrote, “The justification he gives here is ‘The teacher showers love on the student when they do well, and the punishment is equally harsh when they make a mistake.'”
This comes after the broadly circulated clip on social media, shared by Samaa TV, reveals the well-known Pakistani singer demanding liquor from a person and bodily assaulting them in entrance of a crowd.
“Gurus get protected by the ‘divinity’ of their position, regardless of the faith/religion they practice – all their transgressions, from violence, and emotional abuse to sexual abuse is condoned for the sake of their ‘artistry’, ‘talent’ etc etc. This needs to stop,” she added.
Chinmayi referred to the singer’s actions as “horrendous.”
On Saturday, a video surfacing on social media confirmed the artist resorting to bodily aggression, utilizing sneakers and slapping the worker over a lacking “bottle”.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan apologized on Saturday after a video circulating on-line of him beating his pupil sparked on-line furor.
As per Dawn, an apologetic video was printed later, through which the singer justified it as a “personal matter between a teacher and his student” and in addition recognized Naveed Hasnain because the individual being punished within the video.
In the identical video, Hasnain, who’s seen standing subsequent to his grasp mentioned, the “bottle” is accountable for the controversy within the authentic video and it “contained water sanctified by a pir,” including, “he had misplaced the bottle and forgotten about it.”
“He is my father and my teacher. He loves us a lot too. Whoever has done this act [of leaking the video] is blackmailing to defame my teacher,” he added.
Rahat additionally added that he had requested forgiveness from Hasnain the subsequent on the spot, Dawn reported.
Rahat is Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s nephew and grandson. He additionally acquired the Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
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