New Delhi, Oct 25: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty to police custody till November 2 in a case lodged under the anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda.
The accused were produced in the court on the expiry of their 15-day judicial custody granted by it earlier.
The police had requested the court on October 10 to send the accused to jail and had submitted that the agency could ask for their further custodial interrogation later.
The police on Wednesday told the judge that it wanted to confront the accused with some protected witnesses and also some devices which were examined and the data that has been extracted.
Purkayastha and Chakravarty were arrested on October 3. According to the FIR, a large amount of funds to the news portal came from China to “disrupt the sovereignty of India” and cause disaffection against the country. (PTI)
