The Delhi Police has confirmed that NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha has been arrested for sticking to the narrative of ‘Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory’. However, the police forgot that this stance is in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and the UN charter on Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Prabir Purkayastha was arrested in a case filed under black law UAPA on one, besides other charges, that he “conspired to peddle a narrative that Kashmir is disputed territory”.
In their remand application, police said: ”Secret inputs revealed that Purkayastha, Neville Roy Singham and some other Chinese employees of Singham-owned Shanghai-based company have exchanged mails which expose their intent to show Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as not part of India.”
”Such attempts by these persons reveal their conspiracy to peddle a narrative, both globally and domestically, that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories. Their attempts to tinker with the northern borders of India and to show Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as not parts of India in maps amount to an act intended towards undermining the unity and territorial integrity of India,” the application said.
Purkayastha and the human resources department head at NewsClick, Amit Chakravarty, were arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Tuesday.
Police have sealed NewsClick’s office in Delhi, officials said, adding that 46 suspects were questioned and digital devices, including laptops and mobile phones, besides documents, taken away for examination.
Meanwhile, political analysts commenting on the arrest of journalists and the sealing of NewsClick office have said that these undemocratic measures of Modi regime have exposed real face of so-called democratic India. The regime, they added, is tragically driving India towards authoritarianism and political rights & civil liberties in India have deteriorated since Modi came to power in 2014.—KMS
