Founder and Editor-in-Chief of NewsClick Prabir Purkayastha was brought to the Delhi Police Special Cell in New Delhi. Police raided the offices of the news website that's under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, in what critics described as an attack on one of India's few remaining independent news outlets. Several materials were also confiscated from their Sainik Farm office.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of NewsClick Prabir Purkayastha is brought to Delhi Police Special Cell in New Delhi. Police raided the offices of the news website that's under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, in what critics described as an attack on one of India's few remaining independent news outlets.
Security officers stand guard outside the office of Delhi Police's Special Cell in New Delhi. The raids came months after Indian authorities searched the BBC's New Delhi and Mumbai offices over accusations of tax evasion in February.