Delhi Police raided digital news website NewsClick’s premises and interrogated many journalists amid a funding dispute with China. Multiple places have been subject to simultaneous raids.
The information indicates that the cops have also taken hard drive data. The special cell of the police confiscated numerous electronic items during the operation, including computers, laptops, and mobile devices. A case has been opened by the police under UAPA.
NewsClick’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha was brought to the office of the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.
In relation to funding, ED has previously raided NewsClick. In this case, ED had filed a money laundering complaint and had also seized some of NewsClick’s assets. The whereabouts of journalists are being searched by Special Cell officers of the Delhi Police.
