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In the wake of the Newsclick raids and arrests, we take a look at the laws pertaining to the search and seizure of journalists’ electronic devices

The NewsClick searches have left public opinion cleaved between the excessive nature of the police action and suspicion surrounding allegations of Chinese funding. The Indian media, too, seems to be a divided house, with one section trying to portray journalists linked to the portal as “Chinese Jaichands”.

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Pratyush Deep.

NewsClick rejects Delhi Police's FIR alleging foreign funds from China to disrupt India's sovereignty. It claims no funding or instructions from China, and has full faith in the judicial system. Police arrested NewsClick founder and HR head, and are likely to question 10 people named in the FIR.

This week started off with the Enforcement Directorate’s crackdown on journalists, satirists, writers, and contributors associated with NewsClick – both current and former. At a time that calls for solidarity among media personnel to condemn this police action, we saw most of our primetime anchors cheering the move. 

Delhi police expand investigation into NewsClick to Kerala; team visits former journalist Anusha Paul's house. Police asked her about NewsClick's funding, reporting assignments, and if she knew CPI(M) State Sec. K.M. Tiwari. Took her laptop, mobile phone, asked her to report to Delhi office. CM Pinarayi Vijayan calls raid a…

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After securing the co-option, cooperation, and capitulation of vast chunks of big media, an image-obsessed government is turning the screws on the bit players such as NewsClick

NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times published a report which enabled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to use the press to attack…