Have to release editors' devices, Delhi court tells cops

A sessions court in Delhi has upheld the release of the electronic devices that the police had seized from the editors of The Wire last year, Live Law reported on Friday.

The police had seized the devices during searches at the news website’s office and the homes of four of its editors – Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu, Sidharth Bhatia and Jahnavi Sen. The home of the organisation’s head of product, Mithun Kidambi, was also searched.

The seizures were made as part of the investigation into a first information report filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya, who accused the editors of cheating, forgery, defamation and criminal conspiracy.