Hathras, July 14 (UNI) A local court in Uttar Pradesh sent Alt News co-founder Moham- mad Zubair to 14-days of judicial custody on Thursday.
Zubair was presented in the court in a case registered against him under section 153A (promoting enmity be- tween different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.), 295A (de- liberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class), 298 (Uttering, words, etc with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person) of Indian Penal Code and section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act.
The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Hathras had recently issued a B warrant against the fact-checker. The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by IG Dr. Preetinder Singh, to probe six cases lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakh- impure Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaf- farnagar, and Hathras.
A Delhi court will hear today a bail plea moved by Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable tweet” he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. On Tuesday, Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala adjourned the hearing after the prosecution sought time for a detailed argument in the matter.
