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NewsClick Scandal

NewsClick is a news organisation that has been peddling anti-India propaganda. In 2021, the Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into their illicit foreign funding. In 2023, there were revelations about NewsClick getting funding from China to peddle pro-China, anti-India propaganda. Several journalists connected to NewsClick were also raided by the Delhi Police in October 2023.

This section has details of the NewsClick scandal since the investigation started in 2021.

News Reports

ED sends summons to Neville Roy Singham in China in NewsClick-Chinese funding case

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2023

The notice issued by the ED directs Neville Roy Singham to record his statement in India regarding allegations about him running a Chinese influence operation in India.

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NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head Amit Chakraborty remanded to police custody till 2nd November

OpIndia Staff - 25 October, 2023

On 13th October, the Delhi HC dismissed the pleas challenging the arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty.

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Delhi court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty in Chinese funding case

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2023

A Delhi Court extended the judicial custody of Chinese propaganda portal NewClick's editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha

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Delhi HC dismisses plea challenging arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty in Chinese funding case

OpIndia Staff - 13 October, 2023

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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CBI registers case against NewsClick for FCRA violations, raids underway at 2 locations

ANI - 11 October, 2023

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.

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‘They peddled fake narrative in exchange for crores of rupees illegally taken from foreign sources’: Delhi Police in FIR against NewsClick promoters

ANI - 6 October, 2023

"Foreign funds in crores have been infused illegally in India by Indian and Foreign entities inimical to India in pursuance of conspiracy with the intention to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India, to cause disaffection against India and to threaten the unity, integrity, and security of India," Delhi Police stated in the FIR.

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NewsClick founder and HR head, arrested under UAPA in connection with Chinese funding, move Delhi HC challenging their arrest

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2023

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

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Sabotaging elections to propagating distorted maps of India: Read about charges against NewsClick in the remand note

OpIndia Staff - 5 October, 2023

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.

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The Hindu’s N Ram, who regularly publishes pro-China paid propaganda, comes out in support of China-funded NewsClick at Rajdeep’s show: Details

Paurush Gupta - 4 October, 2023

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.”

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PUCL, with links to Urban Naxals, comes out in support of China-funded NewsClick, had earlier supported Jihadi PFI as well: Details

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2023

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

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