<p>A Delhi-based newspaper on Friday found itself in an embarrassing situation as it inadvertently published a “forged” article believing that it was written by prominent lawyer Shanti Bhushan.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mail Today, the newspaper published from New Delhi and Chandigarh by the India Today Group, promptly apologised to Bhushan and filed a complaint with the Delhi Police.<br /><br />The article published in the name of Bhushan was critical of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, calling him a “a spoiler for the BJP bandwagaon in 2014 (Lok Sabha elections).<br />The publication of the article by the newspaper drew an angry retort from Bhushan, who is a prominent face of Kejriwal’s anti-corruption movement.<br /><br />”It is a forged article. I have asked the editor of the daily to file an FIR to find out who is behind it. This is part of a big political conspiracy to discredit the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal. It is possible that a BJP member could be behind it,” said Bhushan, a former Union law minister.<br /><br />Mail Today said they were filing an FIR to ascertain the facts and to see who is behind this mischief. “We have verbally apologised to Bhushan. We will be sending a formal apology to him. There was no malice or malafide in publishing the article,” it said.</p>
<p>A Delhi-based newspaper on Friday found itself in an embarrassing situation as it inadvertently published a “forged” article believing that it was written by prominent lawyer Shanti Bhushan.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mail Today, the newspaper published from New Delhi and Chandigarh by the India Today Group, promptly apologised to Bhushan and filed a complaint with the Delhi Police.<br /><br />The article published in the name of Bhushan was critical of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, calling him a “a spoiler for the BJP bandwagaon in 2014 (Lok Sabha elections).<br />The publication of the article by the newspaper drew an angry retort from Bhushan, who is a prominent face of Kejriwal’s anti-corruption movement.<br /><br />”It is a forged article. I have asked the editor of the daily to file an FIR to find out who is behind it. This is part of a big political conspiracy to discredit the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal. It is possible that a BJP member could be behind it,” said Bhushan, a former Union law minister.<br /><br />Mail Today said they were filing an FIR to ascertain the facts and to see who is behind this mischief. “We have verbally apologised to Bhushan. We will be sending a formal apology to him. There was no malice or malafide in publishing the article,” it said.</p>
