Several media associations have written to the CJI seeking supreme court's intervention to put an end to the alleged "repressive" use of investigating agencies "against the media
Abhisar Sharma features regularly on NewsClick videos wherein he is seen either defending the Congress party or furthering anti-India narratives. During the COVID-19 spread, NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the NewsClick team were introduced to Chinese handlers by American businessman Neville Roy Singham for defending China’s handling of COVID-19.
The ED said that the accused used the reference of his friend Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut to meet additional municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal during the pandemic to discuss Worli COVID jumbo hospital tenders for Dahisar and Worli in Maharashtra.
Saurabh Chandrakar and his associate, Ravi Uppal, are among the wanted suspects in India and are believed to have created an empire worth 6,000 crores through the app.
The searches are being conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The agency is also investigating alleged large-scale tax evasion in selling sand mined from riverbeds.
According to the ED, Naresh Goyal fraudulently diverted loan proceeds as pointed out by Ernst & Young's Forensic Audit Reports, causing the bank a loss of Rs 538.62 crore.