The Delhi Police are Tuesday conducting raids in at least 35 locations, including houses of seven journalists and places associated with the news portal NewsClick. A fresh case has been registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell against the news portal under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The organisation is under the scanner of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) amid allegations it received funds from China.
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00:00 The Delhi Police are conducting raids in at least 35 locations, including houses of seven
00:04 journalists and places associated with the news portal NewsClick. A fresh case has been registered
00:12 by the Delhi Police Special Cell against the news portal under the stringent Unlawful Activities
00:17 Prevention Act (UAPA). The organisation is under the scanner of the Economic Offences Wing of the
00:23 Delhi Police and the Enforcement Directorate amid allegations it received funds from China.
00:29 Raids were carried out by the Delhi Police's Special Cell at over 35 locations in Delhi
00:34 and the neighbouring areas of Noida and Ghaziabad. During the raids, cops seized
00:40 electronic evidence, including laptops and mobile phones, and took data dumps of hard disks. The
00:46 searches were based on inputs shared by the Enforcement Directorate indicating alleged
00:50 unlawful activities by the suspects. Some journalists were brought to the Lodhi Road
00:55 Special Cell office, but no one has been arrested so far, the officials added.
01:00 The journalists whose houses were raided by the cops include Prabir Purkayastha, Abhisar Sharma,
01:06 Anand Joy Chakravarti, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Bhasha Singh, Aditi Nigam,
01:11 Bappa Sinha and Urmilesh. Abhisar Sharma posted about the raid at his house on X.
01:17 "Delhi Police landed at my home, taking away my laptop and phone," he wrote.
01:23 Meanwhile, Bhasha Singh wrote, "Finally last tweet from this phone. Delhi Police seized my phone."
01:28 So, what is the case involving Newsclick? Earlier in August 2023, a report by the New York Times
01:36 had alleged links between tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, who finances the Indian news website
01:41 Newsclick, and the Communist Party of China. The report had claimed that Singham's networks
01:47 fuelled disinformation and influenced mainstream narratives by promoting pro-China messages.
01:52 As per sources in The Probe, the agency found a series of email exchanges between Newsclick
01:57 director Prabir Purkayastha and various journalists, along with millionaire Neville
02:02 Roy Singham and CPIM leaders like Prakash Karat. ED indicated that Neville Roy Singham,
02:07 who stays in China, gave Newsclick Rs. 38 crore illegally to peddle pro-China information in India.
02:13 Newsclick has called the allegations unfounded and without basis in fact or law.
02:18 Newsclick is an independent news organization and any insinuation that we function as the
02:23 mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China or other interests is false, the organization had
02:28 clarified. Several opposition parties hit out at the government after Delhi Police's special cell
02:33 on Tuesday morning conducted raids on the premises of online portal Newsclick and its journalists.
02:37 Reacting to the development, the Press Club of India, on X said, "It is deeply concerned
02:42 about raids on the houses of journalists and writers associated with Newsclick."
02:47 The Press Club of India is deeply concerned about the multiple raids conducted on the houses of
02:51 journalists and writers associated with Newsclick. We are monitoring the developments and will be
02:56 releasing a detailed statement. The PCI stands in solidarity with the journalists and demands
03:01 the government to come out with details, it said. RJD MP Manoj Jha described the raid as the most
03:07 unfortunate thing. Why are you calling them the Delhi Police? They are under Union Home Minister
03:12 Amit Shah and nothing takes place without his consent. Those who refuse to join their bhajan
03:17 mandali, they do this against them. What are they trying to show from all this? This incident will
03:22 be written in the history and this step of the government will cost them. Jha told News Agency ANI.
03:28 Delhi Police team has reached the offices of many journalists and writers associated with Newsclick.
03:34 Delhi Police team has reached the offices of many journalists and writers associated with Newsclick.
03:37 Delhi Police team has reached the offices of many journalists and writers associated with Newsclick.
03:39 Many journalists are included, who have big names. What do you have to say?
03:44 I think that the most unfortunate and the most unfortunate
03:49 incident was the one after Gandhi Janati. No one could have done this. Why are you calling them
03:53 Delhi Police? They are under Home Minister. Nothing takes place without his consent.
03:58 Those who ask you questions, those who refuse to join your bhajan mandali,
04:04 you do this against them. This is your standard operating procedure.
04:08 All the weaknesses of a fascist state are present in you.
04:14 On Delhi Police conducting raids at different premises linked to Newsclick,
04:20 CPIM General Secretary Sitaram Yachchery said, "Police came to my residence because one of my
04:25 companions who live with me there, his son works for Newsclick. Police came to question him. They
04:30 took his laptop and phone. What are they investigating, nobody knows. If this is an
04:34 attempt to try and muzzle the media, the country must know the reason behind this."
04:37 Delhi Police is conducting raids at different premises linked to Newsclick under UAPA
04:44 and other sections. Your residence also raided today morning.
04:48 My residence, the police came there because there is a comrade who lives with me there,
04:53 who works in our office. His son works for Newsclick. So they came to question him.
04:59 He asked, "Questioning on what?" Nothing, no question. They just took his laptop
05:04 and his cell phone and went away. Why? What are the charges? What are they investigating? Nobody knows.
05:15 If this is an attempt to try and muzzle the media and the press, etc.,
05:19 the media has faced this earlier, they'll also handle it.
05:25 But what is it? What is the issue? That the country must know.
05:29 Meanwhile, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari says, "I feel that dictatorship has come. This is a message
05:36 from the BJP to all the journalists. We are in support of free journalism. We strongly condemn
05:42 these raids."
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