Never touched a rupee of black money or bribed anyone: NDTV's Prannoy Roy

Media community rallies around NDTV, criticises attack on free press

New Delhi Television (NDTV) founder Prannoy Roy on Friday said he and his company had never touched black money or bribed anyone. In a passionate speech before hundreds of journalists at the Press Club of India, Roy said the media group “will answer every one of the false charges”, but sought a time-bound process.  “We ask for transparency and a deadline,” he said.

“I commit to you, me and Radhika (Roy) and NDTV have never touched one rupee of black money, never bribed one person in our lives,” Roy said. Alleging that institutions such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)