NewsClick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha, HR sent to 7-day police remand

A day after the arrest of two people including the founder and EditorinChief of NewsClick Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources Head Amit Chakravarty were sent to seven days of police remand on WednesdayOn Tuesday the Delhi Police arrested two persons including founder and EditorinChief of NewsClick Prabir Purkayastha after quizzing them in their office following raids at his premises under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and other sections the police officials saidAccording to the Delhi Police a total of 37 male suspects have been questioned at the premises and nine female suspects have been questioned at their respective places of stayRegarding the search seizure and detentions carried out today in connection with a UAPA case registered with Special Cell so far two accused Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty have been arrested A total of 37 male suspects have been questioned at the premises and nine female suspects have been questioned at their respective places of stayiquest the police saidIt further said that the digital devices documents etc have been seized and collected for examinationThe EditorinChief of NewsClick Prabir Purkayastha and writers Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Urmilesh were brought to the special cell offices in the national capital as part of the investigation as Delhi Police launched a crackdown against NewsClick and its journalists earlier this morning in connection with an FIR registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPAThe Delhi Polices Special Cell on Tuesday afternoon sealed the office of the online news portal in the national capitalThe raids were carried out at more than 30 locations in connection with a case registered on August 17 under UAPA and other sections of IPC including 153A promoting enmity between two groups and 120 B criminal conspiracyEarlier on August 10 a report in the New York Times had alleged that NewsClick was part of a global network that receives funding from American billionaire Neville Roy SinghamSingham is known as a socialist benefactor of farleft causes and is at the centre of a lavishly funded influence campaign that defends China and pushes its propagandaSingham is also said to have close ties with the Chinese governments media machineThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever