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Big Brother in new racism row

Updated on: 11 July,2009 08:08 AM IST  | 
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Another Indian has been allegedly racially abused on Britain's reality TV show Big Brother.

Big Brother in new racism row

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The programme, shown on Channel 4 network, brings together strangers in front of live television cameras, 24 hours of the day, while viewers get to evict inmates one by one before choosing an eventual winner.
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Yesterday, Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, received 290 complaints involving Indian student Sree Dasari (25) and British window Marcus Akin (35).




Akin was given a formal warning. Viewers evicted Sree the following day.

A spokesman said, "Big Brother intervened and took appropriate action."

"Threatening language and behaviour is not acceptable in the Big Brother house," he added.

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