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Aniruddha Bahal (born 1967) is an Indian journalist, author, founder and editor of the online magazine ''Cobrapost.com''. Born in Allahabad, Bahal worked as a journalist and editor for ''India Today'' and ''Outlook''. In 1999, he along with Tarun Tejpal co-founded ''Tehelka'', an investigative news website. While at Tehelka, Bahal conceived and carried out a sting operation which caught members of Indian Cricket Team accepting bribes to throw matches in camera. It resulted in a series of articles on match fixing in Indian Cricket, which were eventually published as a book -'' Fallen Heroes''. Bahal is also known for his part in Operation West End, another sting operation. In 2003, he left ''Tehelka''.〔 In 2003, Bahal wrote an espionage thriller ''Bunker 13'', which went on to win the ''Literary Review's'' Bad Sex in Fiction Award. In 2005, Bahal founded and became the editor-in-chief of the online investigative journal ''Cobrapost.com''. The same year, Bahal and Cobrapost carried out ''Operation Duryodhana'' (also known as the "Cash for Questions" scandal), in which they managed to film several members of the Indian parliament accepting cash bribes in return for asking questions in parliament. In 2008, he started hosting ''"The Tony B Show"'' for Channel V. In the satirical Hindi film L.S.D., the character Prabhat, a young man persecuted for being involved with a tehelka-like operation, is based on Aniruddha Bahal.〔(L.S.D. Film Review )〕 On 13 March 2013 he claimed to have exposed major banks in India turning black money into white and engaging in gross violations of Income Tax Act, FEMA, by carrying out a sting operation code named Red Spider〔 http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/axis-icici-bank-hdfc-bank-stocks-fall-on-cobrapost-expose-113031400091_1.html〕 He also unearthed misuse of social media platforms by several IT companies for a price. The Expose was revealed in 'Operation Blue Virus' ==Bibliography== *Crack in the Mirror (1991) *Bunker 13 (2003) *The Emissary (2010) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aniruddha Bahal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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