NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the website’s Human Resources (HR) head Amit Chakraborty had been arrested by Delhi police in the case of Chinese funding
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The Patiala House Court of Delhi on Tuesday sent NewsClick's Founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty to 10 days of judicial custody.
NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the website's Human Resources (HR) head Amit Chakraborty moved the Delhi High Court challenging their arrest in the case of Chinese funding
According to the remand note, Newsclick hatched a conspiracy to peddle a narrative, both globally and domestically, that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories.
Ram added, “Roy Singham doesn’t receive money from anybody else, he has already made it clear and he doesn’t act at the direction of anyone. He lives in Shanghai and if he chooses to cooperate with the Chinese organisations, that’s his business.”
After raiding 30 locations connected to China-funded NewsClick and interrogating 43 employees for hours, the Delhi Police arrested NewsClick founder and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty