Delhi Police gets 4-day remand of Mohd Zubair

On Tuesday, the Delhi Police got Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair a four-day remand in connection with a “objectionable” tweet.

While seeking remand of Zubair, the Delhi Police lawyer said, “We have arrested him as he was not cooperating during the investigation. When he joined the probe, all applications were deleted from the mobile phone. He came with a blank phone.”

Delhi Police submitted that “We have to recover laptops and other concerned electronic gadgets from which it was posted. So there is a required police remand of him.”

According to the Delhi Police, there is currently a trend on Twitter where people post unpleasant statements in order to get followers on the social media site by targeting a group. According to police, several more FIRs have been filed against him in other situations. Mohammed Zubair’s lawyer informs the court that the purportedly manipulated photo is from an old Hindi film.

Appearing for Mohd Zubair, Advocate Vrinda Grover submitted that there is no editing that the accused or anyone else has done. “Allegations against him are totally baseless. His phones are with them (Delhi Police). The image, which has been shown as a reason for arresting comes from a Hindi cinema,” Grover said.

Vrinda Grover (on behalf of Zubair) further said, “Zubair is a fact-checker. He exposes lies on social media. That’s why many people dislike it. He lives in Bangalore. He was called in Delhi for questioning. The notice was given for some other case and the arrest took place in another case.”

Delhi Police presented that the probe is based on a tweet which was made in 2018. “Now, the Police are asking for Zubair’s old mobile phone which is used in 2018. It’s lost now and I also reported for that and I have a lost article report, submitted Mohd Zubair Lawyer.

After the conclusion of the arguments, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanigda Sanwariya reserved the order for some time and said will pass the order shortly.

Mohd Zubair was produced on Tuesday by Delhi Police before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Patiala House court. He was arrested yesterday in connection with an objectionable tweet

Earlier today, the Delhi Police said AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair had intentionally formatted his phone and also refused to co-operate with authorities in the investigation against him in connection with an “objectionable” tweet, providing grounds for his arrest.

Zubair was arrested on Monday for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community in a Twitter post he had written in 2018.