A source in the EOW told The Indian Express that they have sent LRs to the US for details on financial transactions from M/S Worldwide Media Holdings LLC, USA, Support Foundation, Justice and Education Fund, M/S GSPAN LLC, The Tricontinental Ltd to M/s. PPK NewsClick Studio Pvt. Ltd.
The development comes barely a month after Delhi Police arrested NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty under terror charges for receiving funds from China.
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The Delhi Police has accused NewsClick, the online news portal being probed for link to Chinese entities, of “undermining the unity and territorial integrity of India”. According to the FIR lodged by the Delhi Police, a large amount of money came in from China and paid news were “intentionally peddled”.
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