In the enthusiasm for getting Narendra Modi, The Hindu went on a fabrication journey reporting with bias rather than facts. Finally they eat crow.

It is now clear, as the Gujarat Government’s response published here points out, that the 24-page document is not the Geetha Johri report. The Hindu retracts its front-paged assertion that the Johri report speaks of “collusion of the State government” and of the role of Mr. Amit Shah, Minister of State for Home; and also that it recommends a CBI enquiry. We deeply regret these serious errors in a story that drew on documents we relied upon in good faith. We agree that we should have verified the facts, especially those relating to the provenance of “Facts of the Case,” before publishing the news stories.