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Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair being targeted for his faith, claims lawyer; extremely disturbing, says Editors Guild

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New Delhi, June 28

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A Delhi court on Tuesday denied bail to arrested Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair over an allegedly offensive 2018 tweet, extending his police custody by four days.

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Extremely disturbing, says Editors Guild

New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India and the Press Club of India on Tuesday described the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair as “extremely disturbing” and demanded his immediate release. PTI

Zubair was arrested yesterday for “a tweet that offended Hindu religious sentiments”.

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The Delhi Police told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria that the tweet was a “deliberate attempt by Zubair to disturb social harmony”.

Zubair’s lawyer Vrinda Grover, however, argued that the respondent was being targeted “for his faith as the tweet in question was a screenshot of an old movie which the Censor Board had cleared and many others had also tweeted”.

Grover said the “police were abusing their power”.

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