Mohammad Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, today appeared in the Mohammadi Sessions Court in Lakhimpur. (Mohammed Zubair)Has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. Mohammed Zubair was introduced to the court through video conferencing from Sitapur jail. Sections 153B, 505 (1) (b), 505 (2) have been added against him in the FIR. Let me tell you that in September 2021, a case was registered against Zubair after an employee of Sudarshan News lodged a complaint about a fact check tweet.
Delhi Police have arrested Mohammad Zubair, a journalist and co-founder of Alt News, on charges of inciting religious sentiment. Delhi Police arrested him under Section 153A and Section 295A of the IPC. However, questions are currently being raised about the functioning of the police. Prateek Sinha, founder of the website of which Zubair is a co-founder, has accused the police of not giving any information about the FIR to Zubair and his family before the arrest.
How was the arrest made?
According to media reports, Prateek Sinha said that the rules were not followed in Zubair’s arrest. Delhi Police had called Zubair to join the preliminary investigation in another case for questioning, and he has been arrested in another case.
What are the arguments of Delhi Police
Delhi Police says a report has been lodged in an old case involving Zubair, in which case no objectionable tweet was received. Zuber has been arrested in another case. Which relates to an offensive tweet made by him. Police received an alert from a Twitter handle. The offensive tweet was from Zuber, and his supporters are spreading the tweet and creating an atmosphere of hatred. Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police on June 27 on charges of inciting religious sentiment through his tweets.