After Adani Group announced that it indirectly acquired 29% shares of NDTV, news started making rounds on social media that senior journalist Ravish Kumar has quit NDTV following the development.
A Facebook post read: “Ravish Kumar resigned from NDTV.
The man has proved if the conscience is alive, even if the buyer is the king of the country, he will return empty handed. Salute to you Ravish Kumar ji”
The above post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be false.
We first ran a Google search with relevant keywords but did not find any conclusive report confirming that claim about Ravish Kumar quitting NDTV.
We then scanned through the official Twitter handle of Ravish Kumar where he clarified that he has NOT resigned from the channel in a tweet dated August 24, 2022.
Hence, with the above information, it is evident that the viral claim of Ravish Kumar quitting NDTV is false.
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