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Naveen Jindal accuses Zee News of Rs.100
crore blackmail
Thursday October 25, 2012 07:48:24 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Jindal
Steel chairman Naveen Jindal Thursday said his company has made a
formal police complaint against Zee News and Zee Business for
allegedly demanding Rs.100 crore worth of advertisements in lieu
of dropping negative stories.
"Sudhir Chaudhary, editor of the group, told our team they will
continue to defame us if we did not agree to pay Rs.20 crore per
year worth advertisements," Jindal, a Congress MP, said at a press
conference here.
"The initial demand of Rs.20 crore then went up to Rs.100 crore,"
Jindal said.
Jindal Steel registered the first information report (FIR) with
police Oct 2.
He said the media group had shown some stories on their channels
against the steel group after which a team from Jindal Steels
started talking to the channels.
Jindal also distributed a CD showing Chaudhary making the demand.
Jindal said his company has been in business for 40 years and had
never received a blackmail threat like this.
"We decided not to succumb to the blackmail," said Jindal.
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