Tipped off?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/09/2008

Did the Delhi police tip off the media on September 19 before they went to Jamia Nagar to nab the terrorists they said were holed up there? Several channels showed live footage of the encounter—how did their OB Vans come to be there? A local resident who sent around a detailed email of what he saw says the roads around his house were blocked for a couple of hours, not by police vehicles, but by OB vans, their generators, and their cables. Do we need encounters to be transmitted live?