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New Delhi, 30 April (Hindustan Times). Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur of Delhi's Patiala House Court has taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed under UAPA by Delhi Police against News Click founder Prabir Purkayastha. The court ordered a hearing on the matter of framing of charges on May 31. The court said that there is enough evidence against the accused in the charge sheet. The court ordered to provide a copy of the charge sheet to the accused.
On March 30, Delhi Police had filed the first charge sheet in the Patiala House Court in the case of charges under UAPA against News Click. In the chargesheet of about eight thousand pages, News Click founder Prabir Purkayastha and the company running this portal, PPK News Click Studio Private Limited, have been made accused. News Click's HR head Amit Chakraborty was also made an accused in this case, but on January 9, the court had allowed Amit Chakraborty to become a government witness. After this he has now become a government witness.
Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty were arrested by Delhi Police on October 3, 2023, based on the news published in The New York Times. The news was published in New York Times that News Click has received money to increase Chinese propaganda. According to the news, American millionaire Neville Roy Singham gave money to News Click to promote Chinese propaganda. In this case, on October 3, 2023, the houses of many journalists, YouTubers and cartoonists were raided.