AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair arrested

June 27, 2022 20:29

Journalist Mohammed Zubair, one of the founders of fact-checking website AltNews, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday.

He is accused of hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity, under Sections 153 and 295A of Indian Penal Code.

"Zubair was called today by special cell, Delhi for investigation in a 2020 case for which he already had a protection against arrest from High Court. However, today at around 6.45pm we were told he has been arrested in some other FIR for which no notice was given which is mandatory under law for the Sections under which he has been arrested. Nor FIR copy is being given to us despite repeated requests," Pratik Sinha, one of the founders AltNews, said on Twitter.

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