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American millionaire Neville Roy Singham gets ED notice in News Click funding case: Know who he is

Delhi Police has registered an FIR under UAPA against Amit Chakraborty, head of the human resources department of Newsclick, and Prabir Purkayastha, founder of Newsclick.

News Click funding case

American millionaire Neville Roy

News Click funding case: News portal News Click has been accused of carrying out anti-national activities. Now the central investigating agency Enforcement Directorate i.e. ED has also started taking action in the matter of funding of the website. ED has now summoned American millionaire Neville Roy for questioning. The investigation has revealed allegations that he has given huge funding to Newsclick and has provided help worth millions of dollars.

In this case, the New York Times report states that Singham’s network had funded Delhi-based news website Newsclick. It was also told that the funding amount was around Rs 38 crore. It is also alleged that Singham works for the Chinese Communist Party and mostly lives in Shanghai city of China. In such a situation, Neville Roy’s troubles have increased after the action against NewsClick has been started.

Founder of News Click in jail in funding case

Let us tell you that Delhi Police has registered an FIR under UAPA against Amit Chakraborty, head of the human resources department of Newsclick, and Prabir Purkayastha, founder of Newsclick, and both were arrested on October 3. He had also requested the High Court to end the case but all his demands were rejected.

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Who is Neville Roy?

Now let us talk about who Neville Roy Singham is, then let us tell you that he is an American businessman and social worker. He is also the founder and former president of ThoughtWorks. This company is known for providing custom software, software tools and consultation services. Singham is accused of funding various institutions, which promote the ideas of China. Not only this, he calls the Uyghur genocide a lie, he has also been a vocal supporter of the Chinese party.