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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 291: NewsClick case, raids on journalists
Description: This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Pratyush Deep.Both Basant and Pratyush talk about their reports on the recent arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty in connection with a UAPA case lodged in August this year. They delve into all that led to the arrests, including the early morning police searches at the homes of journalists, satirists, writers and contributors connected to NewsClick. The Delhi police special cell seized electronic devices and questioned so-called ‘suspects’ for hours. The panel al...