Delhi Police seal office of NewsClick after raids in investigation

The Delhi Police, on Tuesday, sealed the office of news portal NewsClick in connection with its probe into a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA anti-terrorism law following allegations that it received money for pro-China propaganda.

The Delhi Police’s Special Cell conducted searches at 30 different locations connected to NewsClick and its journalists.No arrests have been made thus far, and the searches primarily took place in the Delhi-NCR region.

Founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha was brought to the portal’s south Delhi office, accompanied by a forensic team.