Alt News’s Mohammad Zubair arrested by Delhi Police for spreading communal disturbance

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Mohammad Zubair

New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police on Monday. There is an allegation against Zubair for spreading communal unrest on social media. The police arrested Zubair under sections 153A and 295 of the IPC.

According to the police, a complaint was received against Zubair on 27th through Twitter, in which a tweet of Zubair was mentioned. Police had registered a case and called Zubair for questioning today, after which the IFSO unit of Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Zubair. Delhi Police has sought police custody of Zubair by presenting him in court.

Mohammad Zubair

Who is Mohammad Zubair
Mohammad Zubair is the co-founder of an Indian fact-checking website Alt News, which he founded along with former software engineer Pratik Sinha, the son of a trained physicist, lawyer, human rights activist, and the co-founder as well as president of Jan Sangharsh Manch, Mukul Sinha.

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