Career
Mathew joined Tehelka as the Managing Editor in 2014. The “Operation West End” sting operation was his brainchild. The sting operation lasted for about eight months and revealed the involvement of public figures in corruption.
Mathew met with about 60 people, including arms dealers, and exposed corruption at high levels of power.
He has also worked in Delhi for the publications India Today, Mangalam, Mid Day and for television channels NewsX, Live India and India television He is based in New Delhi. He resigned from Tehelka in February 2016 to start his own news venture www.naradanews.com.
Mathew Samuel was born in a Christian family in Pathanapuram, Kerala. He attended Saint Stephens College Pathanapuram, was active in politics, and was the college union secretary.
He worked in Delhi for Mangalam newspaper and Midday for a short period.
He later joined Tehelka as a staff reporter. Operation West End
The sting was the brainchild of Mathew Samuel. He got the beginning of the story on a train journey in which one of his co-passengers turned out to be a supplier for Defense Canteens.
The sting operation lasted for about eight months and revealed involvement of public figures in corruption.
Samuel met with approximately 60 people, including arms dealers, and exposed corruption at high levels of power. There were 105 videotapes.
Samuel alone shot 99 tapes. The rest were shot with his colleague.
Aftermath.
