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Gujarat Police seize journalist Ravi Nair's devices in Adani-LIC case

Gujarat Police seize journalist Ravi Nair's devices in Adani-LIC case
Police seize devices of journalist Ravi Nair, son, colleague in FIR about LIC-Adani posts · scroll.in

A journalist named Ravi Nair wrote a story for a big newspaper called The Washington Post.

The story said that a big Indian insurance company called LIC was told by the government to invest a lot of money in companies owned by a very rich businessman named Gautam Adani.

The Adani company said the story was not true and filed a complaint with the police.

The police got permission from a court to take Nair's phones and other electronic devices.

They also took a laptop from his son and devices from his colleague.

One report said a colleague's iPad was taken, while journalist Dhanya Rajendran said a colleague's laptop and iPad were taken.

The insurance company said it never received or issued the documents mentioned in the story and never got instructions from the government.

Nair's friend and fellow journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta said the police are just trying to find out who gave him the information.

A court had earlier refused to stop the police investigation, and Nair was also found guilty in another case about things he wrote about the Adani company.

The police say they are checking whether the documents used in the story were fake.

Key facts

Journalist
Ravi Nair
FIR filed by
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ)
Alleged investment amount
$3.9 billion
FIR sections
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 318(4), 336(2), 336(4), 340(2)
High Court ruling
Refused to quash FIR on August 11
LIC response
Rejected the report on October 25 and October 28, 2025
Devices seized
Two phones of Nair, his son's laptop, and a colleague's laptop and iPad
Prior conviction
One year simple imprisonment and ₹5,000 fine (February 2026, Adani Enterprises defamation case)

Quotes

Counsel for Ravi Nair

Lawyer representing journalist Ravi Nair

“"...and also mere denial of the facts narrated in the article by the LIC, would not make the documents, based upon which, the article was published by the petitioner in The Washington Post, forged, and therefore, the petitioner herein cannot be prosecuted for the offence in question,"”
scroll.in
“So the court said seize devices if needed!”
opindia.com

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