#AniruddhaBahal is a journalist, author, and the founder and editor-in-chief of #Cobrapost, a news website that’s known for its sting operations. He is also the co-founder of Tehelka, which conducted #OperationWestEnd, a sting operation in 2001 that exposed corruption in the Indian defence establishment. Yesterday, Samata Party leader Jaya Jaitly and two others were sentenced to four years in prison in the corruption case.

In this interview, Aniruddha talks to Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri about Operation West End, its repercussions, and the role of the state and the judiciary.

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