ZEE Group; Essel bans Papon from its network

Essel Group has banned singer and musician, Papon from appearing on its network after he was caught kissing a minor backstage of &TV’s show ‘The Voice India – Kids’.

Making a firm stance on the issue, Subhash Chandra, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Chairman, Essel Group & ZEE, tweeted on Saturday, “I have advised CMD of the company to take stringent action not only against him (Papon) but others involved. Papon is barred forever from our group.”

‘The Voice India – Kids’ has now removed all references of Papon from previous and upcoming episodes. He added, “Papon’s already recorded shows have also been edited and he has been removed from the shows which will go on air today onwards.”

He concluded by saying, “Papon incident is unfortunate & must be unequivocally condemned, whatever the reason may be. I urge the authorities to take every action that they think deems fit to the law & let law take its due course.”