When Newslaundry reached out to the daily, they said there is “no question of disassociating”. “The online team had mistakenly designated him as “GK staffer” in the news about his arrest. The news was pulled down because he was not a staffer. In fact, he did not have a GK I-card. As far as his work is concerned, it is there in the newspaper,” said a senior employee who did not wish to be named. He added that blaming GK of disowning Kamran was “part of a smear campaign against the newspaper”.