Caravan defamation case: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tenders apology to Vivek Doval6Photo© dnaindia.com

Caravan defamation case: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tenders apology to Vivek Doval

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New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Saturday closed the criminal defamation case against Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after he tendered an apology to National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval`s son Vivek Doval.

Vivek Doval had filed a criminal defamation case against Ramesh and Caravan magazine Editor-in-Chief Paresh Nath and reporter Kaushal Shroff for damaging his reputation. The Caravan article titled `The D Companies` had allegedly claimed that Vivek Doval ran a hedge fund whose promoters were of dubious antecedents.

In the letter of apology, Ramesh rued that he should have conducted “independent verification’’ on the facts of the articles before making accusations against him, his family and business in a press conference. The apology was accepted by Vivek Doval.