ED raids office of Newsclick, residence of its editor

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday conducted raids at the office of online news portal Newsclick in Delhi’s Saidulajab area in connection with an alleged money laundering case pertaining to foreign funding, according to a report in The Hindu quoting an official of the investigation agency.

Raids were also conducted at the residence of the website’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha.

Newslaundry.com reported: “At about 2.30 pm, Pranjal, one of the editors at the portal, stepped out, flanked by two ED officers, and said: “There’s been an ongoing raid since morning. We were shown a notice. Right now, our documents are being checked.”

Pranjal confirmed, reported Newslaudry, that Pranjal confirmed that his home was raided along with some of Newsclick’s senior management including human resources head Amit Chakravarty and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha.