Mathew Samuel is a former managing editor of the Indian news magazine ''

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''. He is one of the founding members of the magazine, and as a special correspondent there, he instigated Tehelka's biggest corruption investigation,

Operation West End Operation West End was the first sting operation done by ''Tehelka'' in 2001, an Indian news magazine known for its investigative journalism. It was done in order to expose the defense deals of the then ruling party, the NDA led by BJP. The sp ...

. This sting operation led to the resignation of four senior ministers of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and nearly brought down the

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-led national government in 2001. The top politicians and officials caught in the sting were later convicted by the court of law.

Career

Mathew Samuel was born in a Christian family in

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. He attended St. Stephens College Pathanapuram, was active in politics, and was the college union secretary. He worked in Delhi for ''

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'' newspaper and ''

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'' for a short period. He later joined ''

'' as a staff reporter, and became managing editor in 2014. He has also worked in Delhi for the publication ''

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'', and for television channels NewsX, Live India and

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. He is based in New Delhi. He resigned from Tehelka in February 2016 to start his own news venture,

Narada News Mathew Samuel is a former managing editor of the Indian news magazine ''Tehelka''. He is one of the founding members of the magazine, and as a special correspondent there, he instigated Tehelka's biggest corruption investigation, Operation West ...

Operation West End

The sting was the brainchild of Mathew Samuel. He got the beginning of the story on a train journey in which one of his co-passengers turned out to be a supplier for Defence Canteens. The sting operation lasted for about eight months and revealed involvement of public figures in corruption. Samuel met with approximately 60 people, including arms dealers, and exposed corruption at high levels of power. The public figures involved were

George Fernandes George Mathew Fernandes (3 June 1930 – 29 January 2019) was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the 22nd Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. He was a member of Lok Sabha for over 30 years, starting f ...

(Defence Minister),

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(BJP president),

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(president of the Samatha Party), R. K. Jain (treasurer of Samatha Party), R K Sharma (treasurer of RSS), General Manjith Singh Aluvalia, Major General P. S. K. Chowdhary, General R. K. Murge, General Satnam Singh, Brigadier Iqbal Singh, Colonel Anil Saigal, H. C. Panth, P. Sasi, and Surender Kumar Surekha, a kanpur based businessman On July 30,2020,Special CBI judge Virender Bhat awarded 4-year jail term to former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley, her former party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and Major General (rtd) S.P. Murgai. There were 105 videotapes. Samuel alone shot 99 tapes; the rest were shot with his colleague.

Narada sting operations

Mathew Samuel is also credited for conducting the Narada sting operation and publishing it in the new website. naradanews.com.

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