Mohammed Zubair the co-founder of Alt News arrested for hurting religious sentiments

The Delhi Police on Monday arrested Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, for hurting religious sentiments and inciting riots. He was arrested based on a complaint by a man who tagged the Delhi Police on Twitter.

Zubair has been charged under sections 153 (Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code.

Zubair was arrested by the IFSO (Intelligence Fusion &



Strategic Operations) unit of Delhi Police after a Twitter handle alerted the police about tweets that were detrimental to communal harmony. He was summoned today for questioning in a 2020 case, but was arrested after this case was filed immediately.

“Today, during the course of investigation of a case registered at Special Cell police station, Mohammed Zubair joined the probe. After having sufficient evidence on record, he was arrested in the present case. He is being produced before a magistrate for seeking further police remand for the purpose of investigation,” the police said.