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BBC settles case over remarks on Kanchi seer
Sunday March 19 2006 00:00 IST
IANS

LONDON: The BBC has said it paid an unspecified amount to settle a case filed by devotees of Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswati against erroneous remarks by a leading Indian journalist in one of its radio shows.

The remarks were made in the BBC Radio 4 programme called ‘A View From India’, broadcast in January this year.

The programme led to months of protests by devotees of the spiritual leader who was allegedly accused of some misdeeds in the programme. Some of the remarks were then found to be erroneous by the BBC’s Editorial Complaint Unit.

A BBC spokesperson told IANS: ‘‘The BBC can confirm that it settled the case on an amicable basis and made a contribution to legal costs.’’ The amount was not specified, but reports say that the BBC paid 4,000 pounds for an out-of-court settlement.

 

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