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Delhi Police files chargesheet in UAPA case against news portal NewsClick

The chargesheet runs into several thousand pages

PTI New Delhi Published 30.03.24, 04:02 PM
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The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on Saturday in connection with a case lodged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against news portal NewsClick, which is accused of receiving a huge amount of money to peddle pro-China propaganda through its stories, sources said on Saturday.

The chargesheet runs into several thousand pages.

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The Special Cell of the Delhi Police lodged the case last year under sections 13, 16, 17, 18 and 22 of the UAPA, along with sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc. and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

It also arrested NewsClick's founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty on October 3, 2023.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.

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