Police seized laptops and phones from reporters working for the anti-establishment Newsclick website—the latest outlet to be raided during a crackdown on media in India.
of the Delhi Police, reporting directly to Narendra Modi’s union government, this morning seized the laptops and phones of journalists and satirists associated with a news website, Newsclick.in. The site has been charged under a law usually used to deal with terrorism suspects, and two journalists have been detained.
“This is a completely McCarthyist tactic and approach, building a hysteria in sections of the media, and then proceeding with a ruthless silencing of dissent and dissidents,” Veteran journalist P Sainath says. “It will only intensify as the general elections in India get close.”alleged that it had spread Chinese propaganda and was being funded by American tech mogul Neville Roy Singham. The left-leaning news site, known for publishing anti-establishment stories, denied the allegations.
This is not the first time the law enforcement agencies have targeted anti-establishment journalists and news publications. In February this year, income tax officials raided the BBC’s offices in India, weeks after it had released a documentary critical of Modi and the rise of Hindu nationalism. In July 2021, tax authorities opened an investigation into, one of the largest newspapers in India, which had exposed the state’s handling of Covid-19.
The Internet Freedom Foundation, an NGO, said in a statement on X that it is concerned with the seizure of digital devices, which “violate right to privacy and negatively impact press freedom in derogation of due process of law.”
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