It is not a secret that the Indian right-wing hates veteran TV journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. He has been called everything from 'traitor to anti-national, and terrorist supporter by them.

But will someone put that in black and white? Apparently yes...

An Odisha newspaper called Sambad published the sketch of Sardesai as the police sketch of the masked men reportedly spotted by some school kids in Mumbai.

Sardesai himself tweeted about it, blaming it on right wing trolls.

Just saw a Odhiya newspaper Sambad puts up my sketch as a terror suspect based on RW Twitter gang mischief.If not war, these guys will kill! — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 23, 2016

In its defence, the Twitter handle of Sambad apologised to Sardesai for the grave error.

@sardesairajdeep Sir, we sincerely apologise for this grave error on our part. — Sambad (@sambad_odisha) September 23, 2016

Accepting the apology, Sardesai said he would appreciate unreserved apology from editor on front page.

Appreciate unreserved apology from editor @sambad_odisha on front page. Lesson for all of us to be more careful. pic.twitter.com/QPF6sWB976 — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 24, 2016

It turns out the newspaper might have picked up the sketch from a photoshopped tweet which was making rounds.

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