In an 'unconditional apology' published on the front page,바카라 웹사이트The Tribune바카라 웹사이트has바카라 웹사이트taken back all charges leveled against Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia and his involvement in an 'illegal drug syndicate'.바카라 웹사이트
is not a unanimous decision and has caused rift between the editorial desk and the Tribune Trust, which reportedly forced the hands of editor-in-chief Harish Khare to carry the apology.바카라 웹사이트
The newspaper,바카라 웹사이트however, steered clear of giving any explanation on why there were loopholes in earlier reports in the first place and the verification details it바카라 웹사이트says has바카라 웹사이트done to arrive바카라 웹사이트at바카라 웹사이트the conclusion that Majithia is not guilty.
In 2014, Majithia, who was Punjab's revenue minister was alleged to have links with a multi-crore drug trafficking racket after drug peddlerJagdish Singh Bhola confessed to political funding during elections and바카라 웹사이트alleged바카라 웹사이트Majithia's involvement.바카라 웹사이트
The Tribune had then carried news reports covering the바카라 웹사이트Enforcement Directorate바카라 웹사이트probe on the same,바카라 웹사이트which had put Majithia on the spot.바카라 웹사이트
The Tribune has now apologised for reports published "with prominent headlines” on "25.11.2014 and 11.03.2015,” in a front page display바카라 웹사이트on Saturday, even asserting that the claims were found to be바카라 웹사이트 false,바카라 웹사이트 vouching for his innocence.바카라 웹사이트 However, reports suggest the apology is not a unanimous decision and has caused rift between the editorial desk and the Tribune Trust.바카라 웹사이트
It is to be noted that when the said reports against Majithia were published, the newspaper was helmed바카라 웹사이트by바카라 웹사이트Kanwar Sandhu under whose watch, there was an aggressive coverage of the Badals and the Akali leadership. Sandhu later went on to join the Aam Aadmi Party.
The Tribune's current editor-in-chief Harish Khare is reportedly miffed with the Tribune Trust for바카라 웹사이트forcing the paper바카라 웹사이트to apologise바카라 웹사이트which seemed more like a news report titled 'No evidence of involvement of Bikram Singh Majithia in Drug Racket' sans a byline.
Khare had insisted바카라 웹사이트that the apology바카라 웹사이트gets published the바카라 웹사이트same way바카라 웹사이트it was received from the Trust to stay clear바카라 웹사이트of바카라 웹사이트any editorial involvement.바카라 웹사이트
