Author: Almas Khateeb
Publication: The Quint
Date: April 21, 2017
URL:   https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/04/20/bbc-got-it-wrong-the-azaan-does-play-out-near-sonu-nigams-flat

On Monday, Sonu Nigam raised a storm via Twitter by tweeting about being disturbed early in the morning by the azaan from the loudspeaker of a mosque near his house. While there was a renewed debate on the use of loudspeakers in religious places, the timing and intention of Sonu Nigam’s tweets was also widely questioned.

On Wednesday, the BBC put out a report telling its readers that there was no audible sounds of the azaan anywhere near Sonu Nigam’s residence. The journalist who filed the report claimed that she was outside the singer’s apartment in Mumbai’s Versova area in Andheri at 5 am, and she waited for half an hour but could not hear any call for prayer from any loudspeaker during that time. The report also carried interviews with trustees of 3 mosques near Nigam’s residence who allege that the singer’s tweets were merely a publicity stunt.

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Aliya Nazki @AliyaNazki
So our reporter spent her dawn outside @sonunigam's building today.She couldn't hear any sounds of any #Azaan. Ahem.https://t.co/8OIjVHS9oW
April 19, 2017
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However, the important detail that the BBC missed out is that Sonu Nigam has a second flat in Andheri’s Millat Nagar area and that is where the singer tweeted from on Monday when he complained about the sound of the azaan having disturbed him.

To just put the matter on record, I visited Nigam’s flat in Millat Nagar early this morning and got the sound of the azaan on camera.