The sweep caught up contributors to a left-leaning news website, according to other news outlets and those raided. A Times investigation had linked the site to a pro-China network.
Security officers with confiscated material after a raid at the office of the website NewsClick in New Delhi on Tuesday. Credit… Dinesh Joshi/Associated Press
The police in New Delhi raided the homes and offices on Tuesday of journalists who worked as staff or contributors for a left-leaning online news portal known for criticisms of the Indian government.