<p>New Delhi: A Delhi court has allowed NewsClick's human resources department chief Amit Chakravarty to turn an approver in the case lodged against the news portal under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that it received money to spread pro-China propaganda, court sources said on Tuesday.</p><p>Special Judge Hardeep Kaur pardoned Chakravarty, arrested in the case, on an application he moved recently seeking the court's permission to turn an approver, a move that could spell trouble for NewsClick's Editor-in-Chief and founder Prabir Purkayastha.</p><p>Chakravarty also claimed he was in possession of "material information" about the case which he was willing to disclose to the Delhi Police.</p><p>The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Purkayastha and Chakravarty on October 3 and both of them are currently in judicial custody.</p><p>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.</p><p>It also alleged Purkayastha conspired with a group -- People's Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) -- to sabotage the electoral process during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.</p>.ED issues fresh summons to American millionaire Singham in NewsClick money laundering case.<p>Raids were conducted at 88 locations in Delhi and seven in other states on October 3 on the suspects named in the FIR and those that surfaced in the analysis of data, police said.</p><p>Around 300 electronic gadgets were also seized from the offices of NewsClick and the residences of the journalists who were examined.</p><p>Following the raids, 46 individuals, including nine female journalists, were questioned by the Special Cell.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A Delhi court has allowed NewsClick's human resources department chief Amit Chakravarty to turn an approver in the case lodged against the news portal under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that it received money to spread pro-China propaganda, court sources said on Tuesday.</p><p>Special Judge Hardeep Kaur pardoned Chakravarty, arrested in the case, on an application he moved recently seeking the court's permission to turn an approver, a move that could spell trouble for NewsClick's Editor-in-Chief and founder Prabir Purkayastha.</p><p>Chakravarty also claimed he was in possession of "material information" about the case which he was willing to disclose to the Delhi Police.</p><p>The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Purkayastha and Chakravarty on October 3 and both of them are currently in judicial custody.</p><p>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.</p><p>It also alleged Purkayastha conspired with a group -- People's Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) -- to sabotage the electoral process during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.</p>.ED issues fresh summons to American millionaire Singham in NewsClick money laundering case.<p>Raids were conducted at 88 locations in Delhi and seven in other states on October 3 on the suspects named in the FIR and those that surfaced in the analysis of data, police said.</p><p>Around 300 electronic gadgets were also seized from the offices of NewsClick and the residences of the journalists who were examined.</p><p>Following the raids, 46 individuals, including nine female journalists, were questioned by the Special Cell.</p>