Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair Sent To Jail, UP Court Denies Cops Custody
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In this case, Mr Zubair will stay in judicial custody at the Sitapur jail until July 25. The court will hear his bail plea on July 13.
Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur court today refused to give fact-checker Mohammed Zubair's custody to the police and has sent him to 14 days of judicial custody instead. He was summoned by Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur police in a case registered against him in September last year. RW propaganda channel @SudarshanNewsTV has used a pic of Al Masjid an Nabawi from Madina, superimposed it with an old pic from Ghaza, with graphics bombing the Mosque.Is this reporting or trying to incite violence. Hope @Uppolice@noidapolice@dgpup takes action. pic.twitter.com/CE4BnGtT5k
In this case, Mr Zubair will stay in judicial custody at the Sitapur jail until July 25. The court will hear his bail plea on July 13.
The fact-checker was produced in court through video conferencing.
A case was registered against Mr Zubair in Lakhimpur in September 2021 regarding a tweet against a private news channel. The complaint had been filed by a Sudarshan News employee for a tweet made by Mr Zubair on May 14, 2021.