UP: FIR against 'The Wire' editor Siddharth Varadarajan over report on farmers' tractor rally death 'The Wire' Founding Editor, Siddharth Varadarajan Photo via Facebook Lucknow: After lodging FIRs against six senior journalists, including Rajdeep Sardesai and Mrinal Pande, the Uttar Pradesh police have registered an FIR against Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of news website âThe Wire.â The FIR has been registered against Varadarajan on a complaint filed by Sanju Turaha, a resident of Rampur. The complainant has alleged that a report published in the website had distorted facts about the death of a farmer, Navreet Singh, who was killed when his speeding tractor overturned on January 26.