The NBDSA on Monday imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on News18. Justice AK Sikri said that the show under scanner ‘targeted, vilified and castigated’ the entire Muslim community for the actions of a few miscreants. News18 said that the show was consistent with NBDSA’s guidelines and applicable laws. It contended that the show was based on a widely reported incident of stone pelting and subsequent police action, which took place during the occasion of Garba in Gujarat’s Khera. It also denied that the show had given the issue a communal colour and said it had merely reported the issue as it had taken place.