In a relief to the Uttarakhand TV journalist Umesh Kumar, the Supreme Court has stayed the criminal proceedings in three cases lodged against him and others by the State police after the channel headed by him last year conducted a sting operation allegedly exposing corruption at the highest level.
The cases of extortion, cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and other offences under the Indian Penal Code were lodged against Umesh Kumar Sharma and others this year. One of the cases dates back to 2007.
