On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Hawke's Bay Today published a story and photograph purportedly of an Indian student who had been acquitted of attempted rape, but was now facing deportation.
Mr Amandeep Singh, the man named in the article and pictured in the photograph alongside the article, had nothing to do with the case, which involved another man bearing a similar name.
Unfortunately the image of Mr Amandeep Singh was mistakenly included instead of an image of the Indian man facing deportation.
The article stated that the man worked as a waiter at Off The Track and was studying at FutureCol in Napier. Both those things are incorrect.
We wish to clarify that the Mr Amandeep Singh pictured on September 12, 2015 was not facing criminal charges of any kind and is not, and has not been, facing deportation.