Historians Audrey Truschke, Ananya Chakravarti and Rohit Chopra are among those restrained from making public the contents of a letter they wrote to Britain's Royal Historical Society alleging plagiarism against Sampath.
While Sampath denies the charge, Vinayak Chaturvedi, an affected scholar, says Savarkar "set high ethical standards in the production of knowledge, even from his supporters. I encourage anyone interested to read the two articles side-by-side and judge for themselves."