The First Information Report (FIR) names American businessman Neville Roy Singham and American lawyer and investor Jason Pfetcher. The CBI FIR also names Newsclick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and unknown others.
The FIR has been registered under relevant provisions of the FCRA Act, 2010.
According to the FIR, the offences were committed between 2017 and 2023. A reference was sent by an under-secretary to the home ministry regarding alleged violations of provisions of FCRA, 2010, by PPK Newsclick Studio and its directors and others.
The agency on Wednesday had carried out searches at two premises of the news website.