Newslaundry Co-Founder On Tax "Survey": "Was Told Can't Speak To Lawyer"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq7BpuMhkqE Sep 11, 2021 A day after Income Tax officers spent over 12 hours at the offices of news websites NewsClick and Newslaundry - over tax evasion allegations - Newslaundry co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri told NDTV he was not allowed to call his lawyer or accountant during the "survey".

 ‘Have nothing to hide’: Day after tax ‘surveys’, Newslaundry, Newsclick deny any wrongdoing  https://scroll.in/latest/1005144/tax-surveys-at-newslaundry-i-was-told-i-cannot-speak-to-my-lawyer-says-co-founder 
Both the organisations said they have co-operated with the investigating agencies and maintained that the allegations against them were unfounded. 

During their visit, the officials had cloned electronic devices and asked for documents that belonged to the news organisation.

On Saturday, Sekhri said that the officials looked through all the electronic devices in Newslaundry’s office.

“My personal mobile phone, laptop, and a couple of office machines were taken control of and all the data on them downloaded by the IT team,” the news website’s co-founder said in a statement. “In my understanding this (taking all data from my laptop and mobile phone) violated my fundamental right to privacy.”