Police seize devices of journalist Ravi Nair, son, colleague in FIR about LIC-Adani posts

The Gujarat Police seized electronic devices of journalist Ravi Nair, his son and a colleague in simultaneous raids on Monday afternoon in Kerala and Delhi, said a person familiar with the situation.

The matter pertains to social media posts by Nair in October relating to an article he had written in The Washington Post about the Life Insurance Corporation’s investments into the Adani Group, said Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, who has co-authored a book and several articles with Nair.

An employee had filed an FIR on behalf of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited alleging that Nair “wrote and posted false and fabricated information” that “attempted to tarnish the image and reputation of the Adani Group of Companies”.

Earlier in the day, a court in Ahmedabad had allowed the police to search Nair’s home in Delhi to seize “incriminating evidence, essential documents and electronic devices”.

Nair was not in Delhi, but his son’s laptop and the iPad of a colleague who happened to be there were seized even though they had nothing to do with the case, said Guha Thakurta. Nair was in Kerala. Two of his phones were seized, said Guha Thakurta.

The FIR against Nair lists the sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to cheating and dishonestly, forgery committed...

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