Until last year, the central government banned more than 250 Chinese apps, citing them as "harming India's sovereignty and integrity".
The government has banned apps like TikTok, Xender, Shein, and Camscanner. The ban on popular mobile games like PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire also took the country by surprise.
Prior to the mobile app ban, Indian authorities discovered that China was using game and mobile apps and some companies to 'destabilize' the Indian economy, spy on defense systems, and launder money from India to China.
In a series of crackdowns against Chinese companies involved in money laundering, the General Administration of Enforcement (ED) seized Rs 5,551 crore belonging to the China-based Xiaomi Group. According to the ED, the money seized was in the company's bank account. Similar action has also been taken against China-based mobile phone company Vivo.
For the first time, ED "discovered" the connection between China and the media
Recent action by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the digital news site NewsClick - against any media company in the first place - has exposed allegations that the site is involved in the trafficking of information. ie pro-China in the form of information.
Sources said that during the investigation, the agency found a series of emails exchanged between Newsclick director Prabir Purkayastha and many journalists as well as millionaire Neville Roy Singham and CPI(M) leaders. like Prakash Karat.
The emails were revoked by the ED a day after the central government criticized the Congress Party and website portal NewsClick for "promoting" China's agenda. The email exchanges were recovered by the Enforcement Branch during the search as part of a money laundering investigation against NewsClick.
It is alleged that the email exchanges were related to promoting Chinese propaganda about how they are fighting the pandemic, the relationship of Indian communists to China, and related conversation. to India and China maps.
Financial Exploration Agency reports that millionaire Neville Roy Singham, who is in China, illegally gave NewClick Rs 38 crore to sell pro-Chinese information in India.
Newsclick Director Prabir Purkayastha and his associated journalists are also accused of writing and publishing paid news on their websites in exchange for recurring money donated by Singham to PPK Newsclick Studio Pvt. Co., Ltd However, NewsClick is not the only organization receiving funding, according to the ED.
Javed Anand, husband of activist Teesta Setelvad, who was released on bail for allegedly playing a role in tampering with evidence during the 2002 Gujarat riots, according to ED, was awarded Rs 12.16 lakh. Tamara, daughter of Teesta, is said to have received R. 10.93 lakh.
Gautam Navlakha, one of the defendants in the Elgar Parishad case, is said to have received Rs 20.53 lakh. According to the ED, CPI(M) member Bapaditya Sinha, who manages the Twitter accounts of various party leaders, is also among the beneficiaries. Purkavastha and Navlakha merged company
Prabir Purkavastha and Gautam Navlakha are said to have formed a company with an existing defense supplier.
"Digital evidence has proven that Prabir Purkayastha and his associate reporter are working on many Chinese Communist Party (CCP) projects, including improving China's image and supports some of China's actions, including the recent action against Alibaba's owner, one source said.
