Acquitted after 6 years

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/01/2017

Shabbir Ahmed, a TV correspondent with Times Now, was acquitted earlier this week in a criminal defamation case brought by the Joint Editor of Nakkeeran magazine in 2010, for reporting CBI raids at the latter's house in connection with the 2G scam. Ahmed who was then with the NDTV-Hindu channel has written a long account of fighting his legal battle on his own after NDTV reportedly refused to defend him in this case after he had left the channel's employment.

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