The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty on October 3 for allegedly receiving money to peddle pro-China propaganda on the NewsClick news portal.
The newspaper must ask hard questions about whether it has allowed itself to become a tool for authoritarian propaganda and criminalisation of journalism.
The Delhi Police has accused NewsClick, the online news portal being probed for link to Chinese entities, of “undermining the unity and territorial integrity of India”. According to the FIR lodged by the Delhi Police, a large amount of money came in from China and paid news were “intentionally peddled”.