Sam Pitroda, a reporter for India Today, apologized for the incident

Indian Overseas Congress president Sam Pitroda expressed regret over the misbehavior of Rahul Gandhi’s team in the US towards Aaj Tak journalist Rohit Sharma and apologized for the entire incident. He called Rohit and expressed his disappointment over the Dallas incident and formally apologized to him. He assured that the incident will be investigated and demanded action against those responsible. Sam Pitroda reiterated his commitment to press freedom and said he would not tolerate such attacks on journalists.

Aaj Tak reporter Rohit Sharma said he was covering Rahul Gandhi’s event in Dallas. Before the event, he conducted a brief interview with Sam Pitroda, asking whether Rahul Gandhi would raise the issue of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh during his meeting with US lawmakers? According to Rohit, Congress workers misbehaved and beat him up for raising the issue. The reporter said his phone was snatched away and the interview with Pitroda was deleted.