Arnab again

IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/08/2010

Arnab Goswami was in no mood to let off Robert Wintemute, a professor of human rights law at the King’s College, London for calling Indian visa rules racist. Goswami found an able accomplice in Maroof Raza, defence expert. Both men badgered the professor to the extent that he finally threw off the microphone and walked off. The incident seemed to strangely satisfy Arnab who failed to secure the apology for the nation, but did manage to offend the offender.

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