The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to journalist Santu Pan, who was arrested while reporting live from Sandeshkhali, in West Bengal for Republic TV on 19th February.According to reports,.
West Bengal Police have accused BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari of slurring Khalistani to a Sikh police officer, a remark they condemned as spiteful, racial, communally inciting, and criminal.
Sultan, a journalist with a now-closed monthly news magazine, was arrested in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA in 2018. After bail in that case last year, he was booked under PSA.
NewsClick s founder and editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha, and its human resources chief, Amit Chakravarty, were arrested late Tuesday. They were sent to seven days of police remand Wednesday.