Two top officials said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had brought a case against NDTV founders, Prannoy and Radhika Roy, over a multi-million-dollar loan, and police raided the couple's New Delhi home as well as two holiday houses. "NDTV and its promoters will fight tirelessly against this witch-hunt by multiple agencies. We will not succumb to these attempts to blatantly undermine democracy and free speech in India," an NDTV statement said. The CBI said the investigation had no link to the editorial side of NDTV, India's oldest English-language all-news channel. "We have nothing against NDTV's news coverage ... they are accused of a financial fraud and it's our duty to investigate," one of the two senior CBI officials said.

Source: bd News24 June 05, 2017 15:11 UTC