Critics said Tuesday's raids on NewsClick offices and journalists have targeted one of India's few remaining independent news outlets. NewsClick is under investigation for alleged funding from China.
Security officers carry boxes of material confiscated after a raid at the office of NewsClick in New Delhi, India, Tuesday. Indian police raided the offices of the news website as well as the homes of several of its journalists, in what critics described as an attack on one of India's few remaining independent news outlets.Security officers carry boxes of material confiscated after a raid at the office of NewsClick in New Delhi, India, Tuesday.
Delhi police did not immediately respond for a comment, but India's junior minister for information and broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, told reporters that"if anyone has committed anything wrong, search agencies are free to carry out investigations against them." "The PCI stand in solidarity with the journalists and demands the government to come out with details," it wrote in a statement on X.
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