Background
Deepak Chaurasia was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Deepak Chaurasia was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
He received his diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. After his education, Deepak cofounded Aaj Tak. In 2003 he joined Doctor of Divinity News as a consulting editors
He returned to Aaj Tak in July 2004.
Aaj Tak is a leading Hindi current affairs channel from the television Today Network. He later joined STAR News which became ABP News.
Deepak joined India News in the capacity of editor-in-chief in January 2013. The party responded by calling the footage fabricated, a violation of the Model Code of Conduct and threatening to sue Media Sarkar and any television channels that aired the video.
Chaurasia was thereafter sued for defamation by the party national secretary, who alleged that the sting operation was faked to harm the party"s reputation.
In December 2013, criminal charges were also brought against Chaurasia alleging that he had personally tampered with documents related to the sexual assault allegations. In January 2014, the Allahad high court stayed his arrest following his response that the broadcast was "bona fide" and nothing was tampered with.