The head of the Alchemist Group, former TMC MP Kanwar Deep Singh, was arrested by the ED in January 2021 on charges of money laundering. The ED investigation also found that Alchemist Group utilized some of the money received by defrauding the public to make payments to aviation firms on behalf of TMC
The founders of Tehelka magazine which in its sting operation published in 2001 falsely accused retired Indian Army official Major General MS Ahluwalia of accepting bribe, now admit that they had framed Ahluwalia
"The alleged use of women, liquor, and money by the reporters to lure the unsuspecting in this whole episode have worked against Tehelka in the long term," wrote Media Ethics Magazine in its case study.
Tehelka and its journalists Tarun Tejpal, Aniruddha Bahal and Mathew Samuel ordered by Delhi HC to retired Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation case
The Supreme Court said that while the petitioner has heavily relied on the Tehelka tapes featuring Babu Bajrangi that had appeared in 2007, they are not legally acceptable.