Amish Devgan

Amish Devgan (born 1 March 1980), is an Indian news anchor, who is the managing editor of News18 India.^[2][3] He is well known for his debate show "Aar Paar".^[4] Before News18 India, Devgan was the editor and a news anchor of Zee Media from 2014 to 2015.^[5] Previously, he had also served stints at Hindustan Times.^[6]

Amish Devgan
Born	(1980-03-01) 1 March 1980 (age 45) New Delhi, India
Education	PG in Mass Communication from Delhi University
Occupation(s)	Managing Editor at News18 India, Zee Media - 2014-2015[1]
Years active	2002–present
Organization	News18
Notable credit(s)	Debate show Aar Paar, Takkar

Controversies and criticism

Devgan has been the subject of controversy for sharing misinformation regarding the Muslim community.^[7]

Kurla Masjid

There have been many FIRs against Devgan,^[8] one of the complaint was registered on 1 May 2020 over his false claims of Muslims offering of namaz in Kurla masjid, Devgan also showed a fake video claiming the gathering of people near Kurla Masjid.^[9][10][11]

Defamation of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

Other complaints were filed against him for defaming Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (commonly known as Hazrat Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz) on 15 June 2020 by saying Lootera (Robber) Chisti,^[12][13][14] however Devgan after this on 17 June apologized and clarified that he wanted to refer to Khilji (Alauddin Khilji) as a marauder, mentioned the name 'Chisti'. Supreme Court of India rejected the plea of Devgan to quash all the FIR against him.^[15][16][17]

Fake poster

A fake poster of his show also went viral on Twitter claiming Modi was instrumental for death of Baghdadi, after which Devgan responded and clarified that the poster was fake.^[18][19]

Abuse on national television

Rajiv Tyagi insulted Amish Devgan on live debate at News 18 India after which Amish faced many hate comments on his social media posts. ^[20][21][22]