Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Under Fire After Allegedly Assaulting Staff in Leaked Video"

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan who as crooned many popular songs in Bollywood, from 'O Re Piya' to 'Main Jahan Rahoon' has sparked a major controversy. On Saturday evening, a video of him beating his servant with a bottle went viral on the internet. He can be seen mercilessly hitting him and screaming at him. In the video, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, clad in a dark kurta, is seen hitting the man repeatedly.Later in another video, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan clarified about the viral video, saying that his student made a mistake for which he was punished, but later he apologised to him also.

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Video of Rahat fateh ali khan comes out where he is beating his househelp for a mere bottle while they are seen begging for help!

Clearly, he is drunk! He has completely lost it. 🤬🤬 pic.twitter.com/SIH8nmkakM

— Dia AZ (@drdia_a) January 27, 2024

The man, who was beaten, said that he had misplaced a bottle which contained 'dam kiya huwa pani’ (holy water). “Those who have spread the video are trying to defame my ‘ustad’,” said the man.In another video, the man said that his master, Rahat Fatel Ali Khan had later come to apologise to him, and he has no complaints now. “Ustad ji came and apologised to me. He is my father, murshid, guru and there is nothing wrong in a father punishing his son. Creating a controversy over this video is a way of blackmailing my ustad, he said.The man's father, standing alongside Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, also later said that there’s nothing wrong in a master punishing his disciple.