NewsClick funding scam row: Deeply concerned about ongoing raids, Editors Guild issues statement

Various organisations representing the interests of journalists condemned the Delhi Police raids on news portal NewsClick and its scribes on Tuesday, with some claiming that it was an attempt to "muzzle" press freedom. Condemning ongoing raids on NewsClick's premises, the Editors Guild of India has issued a statement. The Newsclick management, the statement noted, has been maintaining that whatever funding they have received was through legal sources, and evidence for this has been submitted to the Delhi High Court.