Guwahati, Aug. 17 -- The Guwahati Crime Branch has issued a notice to Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of The Wire, instructing him to appear before it for questioning.

The veteran journalist has been summoned in connection with a case filed under several sections of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

The notice, dated August 12, 2025, directs Varadarajan to appear before the investigating officer at the Crime Branch police station in Panbazar on August 22, 2025, at 11:30 AM. Issued under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, the summons states there are "reasonable grounds to question you to ascertain the facts and circumstances" related to the ongoing investigation of FIR/Case No. 03/2025.

The case includes charges u...