Arrest Of AltNews Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair : Delhi Court Remands Him To 4 Days Police Custody [LIVE UPDATES]

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28 Jun 2022 3:38 PM IST

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A Delhi Magistrarte is hearing the Delhi police plea for remand of Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, who was arrested yesterday in a case over a tweet made in 2018 for allegedly hurting of religious sentiments.Zubair is produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria of the Patiala House Court.Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover is appearing for...

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28 Jun 2022 3:40 PM IST
Grover: At around 5 PM questioning began. I answered. Formality was performed, notice was given, I was asked to sign. Then later I was arrested. There was a haste, I don't understand why.
28 Jun 2022 3:39 PM IST
Grover : He was granted protection by Delhi High court in 2019. In that case, status report of Delhi police says that in investigation, his tweet isn't offensive. That is FIR 194/2020. The notice served on me to come yesterday was in that case. I joined investigation.
28 Jun 2022 3:39 PM IST
Vrinda Grover: He works with Alt News. The job of which is fact checking. Because there is a lot of misinformation and fake news on internet.

Arrest Of AltNews Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair : Delhi Court Remands Him To 4 Days Police Custody [LIVE UPDATES]

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Grover: At around 5 PM questioning began. I answered. Formality was performed, notice was given, I was asked to sign. Then later I was arrested. There was a haste, I don't understand why.

Grover : He was granted protection by Delhi High court in 2019. In that case, status report of Delhi police says that in investigation, his tweet isn't offensive. That is FIR 194/2020. The notice served on me to come yesterday was in that case. I joined investigation.

Vrinda Grover: He works with Alt News. The job of which is fact checking. Because there is a lot of misinformation and fake news on internet.

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