A court here on Friday pulled up the Delhi Police’s special cell for “slow” investigation in a case against news portal NewsClick over allegations of getting funding to spread pro-China propaganda. The court said the police had arrested only two people in the last four months in “such a large conspiracy case”.
The observations were made by Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pawan Kumar who was hearing the Delhi Police’s plea for seeking a 30-day extension to file the chargesheet against the two accused: the founder of the news portal, Prabir Purkayastha, and human resources head Amit Chakraborty, arrested on October 3, 2023.
“You arrested only two people in 150 days in such a large conspiracy... you seek more time for investigation,” the court orally observed and noted that one among the accused (Mr. Chakraborty) had turned approver.
