NewsClick, in a statement on 1 May, said the allegations were ‘concocted and baseless’.
Providing funds to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a banned terror organisation in India.
“Stoking” violence during the 2020 Delhi riots.
Using reporters to distribute money to “rioters” associated with the 2019 protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
These are some of the allegations against NewsClick and its Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkaystha in an 8,000-page chargesheet filed under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the Delhi Police Special Cell in a Delhi court.
Purkayastha was arrested in October 2023, along with NewsClick’s HR head Amit Chakraborty, for “illegally infusing foreign funds” through Chinese telecom companies as part of a “larger criminal conspiracy to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.”
On Tuesday, 30 April, a Delhi court took cognisance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police earlier this month, Bar & Bench reported. The case has been listed for hearing on 31 May.
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