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Article: STING OPERATIONS WITH STRINGS ATTACHED

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November 27, 2006
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Guwahati, Nov. 27 -- The Supreme Court recently asked a serious question. What is the purpose of the so-called sting operations? Is it to serve a public interest or for making money? These pertinent observations of the apex court have not come a day too soon. With the advent of the hidden camera in the repertory of a TV journalist the era of sting operations began with the noble objective of exposing corruption and cleansing the society of this cancer. Some prominent journalists have however taken exception to the SC observations in righteous indignation and have claimed that sting operations "do not make money but cost ...

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