Subrata Roy: The victim of a prejudiced media trial

The recent slew of news coverages in the media about the Sahara Chief SubrataRoy have the perfect makings of a Bollywood script, with Roy being portrayed as the proverbial villain. In a country which prides itself on a stringent judicial system and ‘free media’ this prejudiced media trial of a ‘fallen icon’ as Subrata Roy is being portrayed, is shocking and hard to digest.

The media seems have to have forgotten a basic rule in journalism. No one is guilty or accused unless they are proved to be so. While reams of newsprint have been devoted to the alleged ‘illegal assets’ amassed by Subrata Roy, no one seems to have noticed that the man single handedly created jobs for lakhs. Strangely no newspaper or media channel has bothered to mention this. Or even the fact that he created a media empire which created a plethora of jobs for their own journalist brethren in a time of global economic crises.

I’m not saying that Subrata Roy should not be punished for his misdeeds or acts of crime. The law should prevail over everyone as it treats all humans as equal. In the same breath, the law should ensure that the media conducts itself fairly when it comes to this coverage because a final verdict on Subrata Roy’s fate is yet to be unveiled. Is anyone in the media listening?

Who’s Black, Who’s White

Even as Sahara case is under media trial, there is one angle to it which everybody seems to have missed out.

The general perception is that the investors from whom Sahara claims to have raised funds are actually bogus and hence the color of the money is under serious doubt. Contrary to this, it seems quite possible that the investors whose name and address SEBI could not verify might have in reality given fake address to turn their black money into white. It was those investors who tried to misuse Sahara'sfund-raising plan.

Before it is too late, the investigative agency must look into this angle of the story. Who knows Sahara might have become victim of crooked businessmen's smart actions.

Bol Bachchan: New Definition of Friendship

Around 15 years back, Amitabh Bachchan, the biggest icon of Indian cinema was in deep financial trouble, as his biggest gamble of producing films under his home banner ABCL didn’t pay off.

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His then friend, and now foe, Amar Singh introduced the megastar to SubrataRoy Sahara, who came to the actor’s rescue by providing financial and moral support. The megastar couldn’t thank Subrata Roy enough for the sahara he lent to him during his darkest hour.

Cut to circa 2014, when Sahara is battling with legal trouble, we hear not a single word of support from one of the most influential names in India, and not just cinema, who writes not less than 10 tweets and a couple of Facebook posts every day.

Look forward to hear from you Mr Bachchan. Sorry, a tweet or post on Sahara.

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