NewsClick editor, HR to be produced in court on October 10; 25 journalists questioned for second time
The Hindu
Delhi Police Special Cell has questioned 25 journalists/contributors of NewsClick in connection with UAPA case.
Delhi Police Special Cell has questioned about 25 journalists and contributors of the NewsClick for a second time in connection with a UAPA case registered against the online news portal for allegedly peddling "anti-national" agenda in the country, sources said on Monday.
An officer said that the investigation into the case is still on and no one has been given the clean chit so far.
About 46 people, including nine women journalists, were questioned on October 3, the day the Special Cell raided several locations connected to the website in Delhi and NCR.
"Since the arrest took place, everyone was called for the second round of questioning. About 25 of them have appeared so far," said a police officer.
On October 3, the Delhi Police arrested portal's editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and human relations head Amit Chakravarty and seized more than 300 electronic gadgets from the office of NewsClick and residences of its journalists.
An official said these gadgets were sent to the FSL (forensic science lab) for examination and extraction of any content related to the matter.
According to the Delhi Police's remand copy which was submitted before the court on October 4 when it produced Purkayastha and Chakravarty, the analysis of the e-mails shows that Neville Roy Singham, Prabir Purkayastha, and Amit Chakravarty were in direct touch with each other and were found to be discussing how to create a map of India without Kashmir and to show Arunachal Pradesh as disputed area.
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