Subrata Roy's group, author reach settlement
April 25, 2014  17:52
The Sahara group, which had filed a Rs 200 crore defamation suit against journalist Tamal Bandyopadhyay's book on the group, Sahara, The Untold Story, has reached an "amicable settlement' with the journalist.   

According to the terms of the settlement, thile the embattled group will withdraw the case against the author, enabling the lifting of the stay on the book's publication, Tamal's book will carry a disclaimer from Sahara which says: 'The book at best can be treated as a perspective of the author with all its defamatory content, insinuations and other objections, which prompted us to exercise our right to approach the court of law... By getting the opportunity to put forward our objections in the form of a disclaimer...in the best tradition of Sahara and our respect for a journalist's freedom, we are...withdrawing the case we had filed against the publication of the book.'

Following this, the book, published by Jaico, will be released in May.
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