#Shorts | NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha arrested in UAPA case | Abhisar Sharma

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NewsClick's founder and Editor-in-Chief, Prabir Purkayastha, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), has been remanded to 7-day police custody. Amit Chakravarty, NewsClick's Human Resources Head, has also been sent to police custody by the special court. Their arrests followed a Delhi police raid on the NewsClick office and residences of around 40 associated journalists and activists. Allegations of receiving funds for pro-China propaganda prompted the investigation. Digital devices and documents were seized, and 46 individuals were questioned, including notable figures like Urmilesh, Aunindyo Chakravarty, Abhisar Sharma, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sohail Hashmi, Sanjay Rajoura, and D Raghunandan, who were later released. The Congress alleged that the Narendra Modi government has imposed an ""undeclared Emergency"" since 2014 which has been getting ""worse as it fears a loss in the 2024 elections"".

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00:00 Hello and welcome you are watching One Minute News.

00:02 Newsclick founder and editor-in-chief Praveer Purkayashta arrested under the Unlawful Activities

00:07 Prevention Act (UAPA) has been remanded to seven days police custody.

00:11 Amit Chakravorty, Newsclick's human resource head, has also been sent to police custody

00:15 by the special court.

00:16 Their arrest followed a daily police raid on the Newsclick office and residence of around

00:21 40 associate journalists and activists.

00:24 Allegations of receiving funds from pro-China propaganda prompted the investigation.

00:27 Digital services and documents were seized and 46 individuals were questioned, including

00:32 notable figures like Urmilesh, Anandoy Chakravorty, Abhisar Sharma, Pranay Joy Guha Thakurta,

00:38 Sohil Hashmi, Sanjay Rajora and D. Raghunandan, who were later released.

00:42 The Congress alleged that the Narendra Modi government has imposed an undeclared emergency

00:47 since 2014, which has been getting worse as it fears a loss in the 2024 elections.

00:52 (upbeat music)

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#Shorts | NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha arrested in UAPA case | Abhisar Sharma | China Delhi

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