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Born	1971; Kerala, India
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Citizenship	India
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1997 onwards

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Mathew Samuel is a Delhi-based journalist who, as Tehelka's special correspondent and with reporter Aniruddha Bahal, took part in the sting operation "Operation West End", which led to the resignation of four senior ministers of the National Democratic Alliance and it nearly brought down the Alliance-led government of India in 2001.^[1]

Career

Early life

Mathew Samuel was born in a traditional Christian family in Pathanapuram, Kerala. He had gone for graduation at St Stephens college Pathanapuram, was active in politics, and was the college union secretary. He was so involved in politics that he failed to obtain the minimum attendance required to sit for graduation exams.

After that he went to Delhi and worked for Mangalam newspaper and Midday for a short period. Later he joined Tehelka as a staff reporter.^[2]

Operation West End

The Operation West End sting was the brain child of Mathew Samuel. He got the beginning of the story on a train journey in which one of his co-passenger turned out to be a supplier for Defense Canteens. The sting operation lasted for about 8 months and revealed involvement of public figures in corruption. Samuel met approximately 60 people which includes arms dealers, exposing corruption in the high level.^[1]^[3]^[4]

The public figures involved were George Fernandes (Defense Minister),^[5] Bangaru Laxman (BJP president), Jaya Jaitley (president of the Samatha Party), R K Jain (treasurer of Samatha Party),^[6] R K Sharma (treasurer of RSS), General Manjith Singh Aluvalia,^[7] Major General P S K Chowdhary,^[8] General R K Murge, General Satnam Singh,^[9] Brigadier Iqbal Singh,^[9] Colonel Anil Saigal, H C Panth, P Sasi, Surender Kumar Surekha.

There were 105 tapes.^[10] Mathew alone shot 99 tapes; the rest were shot with his colleague.^[3]

Aftermath

The day after Operation Westend tapes were made public, Samuel's landlord throw him out of his house. His wife Annie, who was working in a private firm, had to resign her job because of the harassment of CBI and IB officials in her office in the name of enquiry. Officers from IB even went to his village in Kerala and questioned his father.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This..." Out Look.
^ "Tehelka Sting Operator Comes Clean!". The Christian Messenger News Desk.
^ ^a ^b Trehan, Madhu (2009). Tehelka as metaphor : prism me a lie, tell me a truth. New Delhi: Roli Books. ISBN 9788174365804.
^ Tully, Sir Mark (2003). India In Slow Motion. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780670885589.
^ KAUR, NAUNIDHI. "Fernandes under fire".
^ "R K Jain arrested five years after Tehelka expose". Outlook.
^ "The Sting That Has India Writhing". The New York Times.
^ "Major General shown the door in Tehelka case". The Times of India.
^ ^a ^b "Tehelka case: Army finds 3 officers guilty". Times of India.
^ "Of WikiLeaks, Tehelka And Righteous Media". Youth Ki Awaz.

External links

Mathew Samuel on Facebook
"Journalist refuses to depose in arms deal case". The Hindu. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
CBI file case against tehelka scribe under OSA
police protection for tehelka reporter in Kerala
Interview

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[outlook-1] "After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This..." Out Look.

[2] "Tehelka Sting Operator Comes Clean!". The Christian Messenger News Desk.

[Trehan-3] Trehan, Madhu (2009). Tehelka as metaphor : prism me a lie, tell me a truth. New Delhi: Roli Books. ISBN 9788174365804.

[4] Tully, Sir Mark (2003). India In Slow Motion. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780670885589.

[5] KAUR, NAUNIDHI. "Fernandes under fire".

[6] "R K Jain arrested five years after Tehelka expose". Outlook.

[7] "The Sting That Has India Writhing". The New York Times.

[8] "Major General shown the door in Tehelka case". The Times of India.

[toi_04-9] "Tehelka case: Army finds 3 officers guilty". Times of India.

[10] "Of WikiLeaks, Tehelka And Righteous Media". Youth Ki Awaz.

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-'''Mathew Samuel''' is a [[Delhi]]-based journalist who, as ''[[Tehelka]]'s'' special correspondent, along with reporter [[Aniruddha Bahal]], planned and executed "[[Operation West End]]", which resulted in the resignation of four senior ministers of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].It nearly brought down the Alliance-led government of [[India]], in 2001.<ref name=outlook>{{cite web|title=After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This...|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?280773|publisher=Out Look}}</ref>
+'''Mathew Samuel''' is a [[Delhi]]-based journalist who, as ''[[Tehelka]]'s'' special correspondent and with reporter [[Aniruddha Bahal]], took part in the sting operation "[[Operation West End]]", which led to the resignation of four senior ministers of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] and it nearly brought down the Alliance-led government of [[India]] in 2001.<ref name=outlook>{{cite web|title=After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This...|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?280773|publisher=Out Look}}</ref>
 ==Career==
 ===Early life===
-Mathew Samuel was born in a traditional Christian family at [[Pathanapuram]], Kerala. He did his graduation from St, Stephens college [[Pathanapuram]], remained active in politics, and was the college union secretary. He was so involved with politics that he failed to obtain the minimum attendance required to attempt the graduation examinations.
+Mathew Samuel was born in a traditional Christian family in Pathanapuram, Kerala. He had gone for graduation at St Stephens college Pathanapuram, was active in politics, and was the college union secretary. He was so involved in politics that he failed to obtain the minimum attendance required to sit for graduation exams.
-He later went to Delhi and worked for ''[[Mangalam Weekly|Mangalam]]'' newspaper and ''[[Midday]]'', for a short time span. Then he joined ''[[Tehelka]]'' as a staff reporter.<Ref>{{cite web|title=Tehelka Sting Operator Comes Clean! |url=http://www.christianmessenger.in/tehelka-sting-operator-comes-clean/ |publisher=The Christian Messenger News Desk}}</ref>
+After that he went to Delhi and worked for ''[[Mangalam Weekly|Mangalam]]'' newspaper and ''[[Midday]]'' for a short period. Later he joined ''[[Tehelka]]'' as a staff reporter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tehelka Sting Operator Comes Clean! |url=http://www.christianmessenger.in/tehelka-sting-operator-comes-clean/ |publisher=The Christian Messenger News Desk}}</ref>
 ===Operation West End===
-The [[Operation West End]] sting was the brainchild of Mathew Samuel. He got the beginning of the story on a train journey in which one of his co-passenger turned out to be a supplier for Defense Canteens. The sting operation lasted for about 8 months and revealed the involvement of public figures in corruption. Samuel met approximately 60 people, which included arms dealers, exposing corruption in the highest level.<ref name=outlook/><ref name=Trehan/><ref>{{cite book|last=Tully|first=Sir Mark|title=India In Slow Motion|year=2003|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9780670885589}}</ref>
+The [[Operation West End]] sting was the brain child of Mathew Samuel. He got the beginning of the story on a train journey in which one of his co-passenger turned out to be a supplier for Defense Canteens. The sting operation lasted for about 8 months and revealed involvement of public figures in corruption. Samuel met approximately 60 people which includes arms dealers, exposing corruption in the high level.<ref name=outlook/><ref name=Trehan/><ref>{{cite book|last=Tully|first=Sir Mark|title=India In Slow Motion|year=2003|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9780670885589}}</ref>
 The public figures involved were [[George Fernandes]] (Defense Minister),<ref>{{cite web|last=KAUR|first=NAUNIDHI|title=Fernandes under fire|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1911/19110540.htm}}</ref> [[Bangaru Laxman]] (BJP president), Jaya Jaitley (president of the Samatha Party), R K Jain (treasurer of Samatha Party),<ref>{{cite web |title=R K Jain arrested five years after Tehelka expose|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=366868|publisher=Outlook}}</ref> R K Sharma (treasurer of RSS), General Manjith Singh Aluvalia,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sting That Has India Writhing|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/world/the-sting-that-has-india-writhing.html?pagewanted=1|publisher=The New York Times.}}</ref> Major General P S K Chowdhary,<ref>{{cite web|title=Major General shown the door in Tehelka case |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-03-02/india/27857195_1_tehelka-portal-corruption-in-defence-deals-tapes |publisher=The Times of India}}</ref> General R K Murge, General Satnam Singh,<ref name=toi_04>{{cite web|title=Tehelka case: Army finds 3 officers guilty |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-05-19/india/28336056_1_court-martial-proceedings-tehelka-case-brig-iqbal-singh|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> Brigadier Iqbal Singh,<ref name=toi_04/> Colonel Anil Saigal, H C Panth, P Sasi, Surender Kumar Surekha.
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 ===Aftermath===
-The day after Operation Westend tapes were made public, Samuel's landlord threw him out of his house. His wife Annie, who was working with a private firm, had to resign her job because of the harassment of CBI and IB officials at her office in the name of the inquiry. Officers from IB even went to his village in Kerala and questioned his father.<ref name=outlook/>
+The day after Operation Westend tapes were made public, Samuel's landlord throw him out of his house. His wife Annie, who was working in a private firm, had to resign her job because of the harassment of CBI and IB officials in her office in the name of enquiry. Officers from IB even went to his village in Kerala and questioned his father.<ref name=outlook/>
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* {{Facebook|Mathew. Samuel. 908|Mathew Samuel}}
+*{{Facebook|mathew.samuel.908|Mathew Samuel}}
-* {{cite news|title=Journalist refuses to depose in arms deal case|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/journalist-refuses-to-depose-in-arms-deal-case/article3419136.ece|accessdate=19 April 2013|newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date=14 May 2012}}
+* {{cite news|title=Journalist refuses to depose in arms deal case|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/journalist-refuses-to-depose-in-arms-deal-case/article3419136.ece|accessdate=19 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 May 2012}}
-*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-07-28/india/27193432_1_cbi-files-case-home-ministry-tehelka-reporters CBI file case against Tehelka scribe under OSA]
+*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-07-28/india/27193432_1_cbi-files-case-home-ministry-tehelka-reporters CBI file case against tehelka scribe under OSA]
-*[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2001/mar/15def2.htm  police protection for Tehelka reporter in Kerala]
+*[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2001/mar/15def2.htm  police protection for tehelka reporter in Kerala]
 *[http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/06/nl-interviews-mathew-samuel/ Interview]