New Delhi: Fourteen years after a televised sting accused a BJP leader of corruption, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Monday issued an unconditional apology, admitting that the allegations were false and unverified.

Sardesai, in a video message shared on Instagram, acknowledged that the 2011 programme titled “Dilli’s Double Agents”, aired on IBN7 in collaboration with Cobrapost, wrongly implicated Ajit Singh Tokas, then a BJP councillor from Munirka. He admitted that there was “no evidence to support the claims” made in the segment and that Tokas had, in fact, “rejected multiple offers of gratification”. ADVERTISEMENT

Sardesai expressed regret for the reputational harm caused, adding that the editorial oversight at the time was inadequate. “I deeply regret the distress caused to M

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