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ED slaps Rs 184-cr FEMA penalty against NewsClick, promoter Prabir Purkayastha

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New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has imposed a Rs 184-crore FEMA penalty against news portal NewsClick and its founder and editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha, who came under the scanner of the probe agencies on allegations of peddling “pro-China propaganda” through its stories. PPK NEWSCLICK Studio Private Limited, the company that owns NewsClick, has been penalised for an amount of Rs 120 crore while Purkayastha has been imposed with the same order for Rs 64 crore under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), the federal agency said in a statement. The order has been…

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