Enraged by the search and seizure operations at the homes of The Wire's founding editors by the Delhi Police Crime Branch that was acting on an FIR filed by Amit Malviya, chief of the BJP-IT cell, several press bodies and associations issued statements, strongly condemning the act. These included the Editors Guild of India, Press Club of India, Mumbai Press Club, Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists (BUJ) and People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), Press Association, Working News Cameraman Association, Indian Journalist Union, Digipub News India Foundation, Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), among others.