NewsClick Raids: Founder Among Two Arrested Under UAPA After Delhi Police Conducts Raids

Journalist Prabir Purkayastha Has Been Arrested Under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Purkayastha Is The Founder Of Newsclick. This Comes After A New York Times Probe Alleged That The Newsclick Had Got Funding From A Network Pushing Chinese Propaganda. The Congress Said That The Searches Of Journalists Connected To The Website Newsclick Were An Attempt To Divert Attention From The "Explosive" Results Of The Caste Survey In Bihar And The Rising Calls For A Caste Census Nationwide. The Special Cell Of The Delhi Police Conducted Raids At 30 Locations Associated With Newsclick As Well As The Homes Of Its Journalists On October 3 Morning, Infuriating Writers. "When He Faces Questions From Out Of Syllabus, He Resorts To The Only Counter He Has In His Predictable Syllabus - DISTRACTION," Congress Leader Pawan Khera Said On X. Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor Wrote On X, "Why Does A Government As Strong And Authoritarian As This One Is, Feel Threatened By A News Website? And That Too, One That Is Not Even Ranked Very High In Reach Or Readership? Intolerance Is Unworthy Of Everything That India Represents.”