Sudhir Chaudhury, the Zee News editor who has been implicated in a case of extortion by Naveen Jindal, has issued a long statement about the interview with the gang rape victim's friend which his channel telecast. He says they could have recorded the entire blow by blow account the man gave but chose not to, because "Zee Network, Zee News, it's executives and all the people who work with us are Indians first and have always stood by India's self esteem and will continue to do so. We are for Television Respect Points and not Television Rating Points that everyone runs after and sensationalizes news."