According to the Delhi Police, a total of 37 male suspects have been questioned at the premises, and 9 female suspects have been questioned at their respective places of stay.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP on Tuesday condemned the raids on the Newsclick office and staff residence by Delhi Police and claimed that the Delhi Police raided the residences of several journalists, activists, authors, and satirists and engaged in searches and seizures
As Delhi Police's Special Cell raided the residences of senior journalists associated with the online portal NewsClick, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the crackdown would have been definitely done on the basis of evidence.
After carrying out several raids at the premises linked with NewsClick, the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday afternoon sealed the office of the online news portal in the national capital.
Many people, especially office-goers, were spotted rushing out of their workplaces after strong tremors from earthquakes epicentered in Nepal shook the national capital and adjoining areas.
Voicing concern over the raids by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on the residences of journalists linked with the online portal NewsClick, the Editors Guild of India on Tuesday said the crackdown is "yet another attempt to muzzle the media."
As Delhi police raided different premises linked to NewsClick on Tuesday, sources informed that the special cell of the Delhi police held a late-night meeting on Tuesday.
Leaders from different political parties on Tuesday expressed their reactions to raids being conducted by the Delhi Police at different premises linked to NewsClick.
Reacting to the Delhi Police conducting raids at different premises linked to NewsClick, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam said that strict actions will be taken on NewsClick or any other agency that will work on the funds from foreign countries to break the countr