Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's video thrashing his student goes viral; netizens outraged 

In a shocking turn of events, a video of Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan beating a man with slippers has gone viral on social media. The video shows the popular singer asking the man about a bottle and hitting him repeatedly.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's shocking video goes viral

A shocking video of Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has surfaced on the internet, which shows him hitting a man. Clad in a dark kurta, the celebrated singer thrashes the man repeatedly while asking him about a bottle. “I have no idea about it," the man is heard pleading with the singer. In another visual, some people were trying to pull the Qawwali singer away from the student to save him.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan reacts to the video

After the video attracted criticiam from social media users, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan took to his official Instagram account to clarify the viral video. He said his students made a mistake for which he was punished, but later he issued an apology.

“This concerns a private matter between Shagird and Ustad. He is like my kid. This is the nature of the relationship between a mentor and his followers. I show love to a disciple whenever he does something well. He faces consequences if he commits a transgression," the Pakistani singer said in the video.

In another video, the man, who was beaten, said that his master, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, had come to apologise to him about the incident. There's no bad blood between us, he added. “Ustad Ji came and apologised to me. He is my father, murshid, and guru, and there is nothing wrong with a father punishing his son. Creating a controversy over this video is a way of blackmailing my ustad, he said.

The man's father also came forward to react to the incident and said there's nothing wrong with a master punishing his disciple. However, netizens are not convinced by their clairvoyance and have now bashed the Pakistani singer for losing his calm.

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