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Legendary singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan apologised on Saturday and owned a video circulating of him physically abusing his \u201cstudent\u201d after it generated online furore at his behaviour.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, a video doing the rounds on the media showed the singer beating ostensibly a domestic servant repeatedly over a missing \u201cbottle\u201d.<\/p>\n
The video generated intense criticism by netizens towards the singer.<\/p>\n
In an apology video issued later today, the singer said it was a \u201cpersonal matter between a teacher and his student\u201d and identified a person, Naveed Hasnain, saying he was the individual being beaten in the video.<\/p>\n
Hasnain said the \u201cbottle\u201d responsible for the controversy in the original video contained \u201cwater sanctified by a pir\u201d, adding that he had misplaced the bottle and forgotten about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is my father and my teacher. He loves us a lot too. Whoever has done this act [of leaking the video] is plainly blackmailing to defame my teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n
The singer added that he had asked forgiveness from Hasnain the next instant.<\/p>\n