In a series of purported email exchanges, the pro-Chinese handlers are seen deliberating at great length on how to propagate 'The Secret of China' to peddle a pro-Chinese narrative to audiences outside China.
According to reports, the probe agency plans to question several Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders, including a senior leader, about emails exchanged with Shanghai-based American tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham.
Neville Roy Singham reportedly wrote to Prakash Karat, informing him of Chinese media's wide coverage of CPI(M) in reference to Mao Zedong's birth anniversary.
P Sainath, the founder of People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) serves as one of the senior fellows at Neville Roy Singham's nonprofit accused of sowing Chinese propaganda
Nishikant Dubey said that funds accumulated by the NewsClick owner were routed to Maoists, Naxalites and propaganda artists such as (Abhisar) Sharma, Rohini Singh and Swati Chaturvedi.
The New York Times pointed out that Singham has been successful in disseminating Chinese government talking points under the pretext of 'progressive advocacy' in countries such as India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States.