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Targeting speech through new laws and dragging dissenting voices to court have created a suffocative environment

Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Delhi Police on the petitions filed by NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief

Delhi High Court bench dismissed the plea against the arrest and subsequent police remand of Purkayastha and Chakravarty in the case

The prosecution sought 10 days judicial custody for the duo, which was firmly opposed by Purkayastha's counsel, who asserted "prima facie" no case was made out against his client

Delhi police carried out a raid at the residence of former NewsClick employee Anusha Paul near Kodumon

Prabir Purkayastha was taken to the NewsClick office on Thursday and police have also seized more documents and devices from the office, said the sources

Additional Sessions Judge Dr Hardeep Kaur allowed to serve the copy of FIR registered against NewsClick founder and others under stringent sections of UAPA.

Purkayastha and the human resources department head at NewsClick, Amit Chakravarty, were arrested by the Special Cell

The protesting journalists said they are getting support from different media organisations and press clubs across the country

Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources Head Amit Chakravarty were sent to seven days of police remand on Wednesday

The Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday afternoon sealed the office of the online news portal 'NewsClick' in the national capital

The raids came in connection with a case registered on August 17 under UAPA and other sections of IPC, including 153A, and 120 B

Yechury has denied that the searches were not against him or the CPI(M) but was related to the son of one of his staffers

The investigation, which is still underway was launched on the basis of information from central agencies

Congress on Tuesday alleged that the raids on contributing journalists at Newsclick was a "fresh distraction"

Mehbooba Mufti described the raids by the Delhi Police's Special Cell at the residences of NewsClick journalists as a "fishing" expedition.

Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday morning conducted raids at the places of news portal NewsClick and its journalists