Mohammed Zubair, one of the founders of fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested by theDelhi Police today on charges of hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity.
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.
The police made the statement in their status report to the High Court on the Alt News co-founder’s plea to quash harassment case filed against him in Delhi.