The Uttar Pradesh Police Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for a “transparent” and expeditious probe into cases lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in various districts of the state, a senior official said.
The journalist, who is in jail and faces no fewer than four sets of charges in separate cases filed over a period of two weeks, had challenged the Allahabad HC's refusal to quash the Sitapur Police's FIR.
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The journalist was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27. After the SC granted him bail in a case filed in UP, the Lakhimpur Kheri police sought his custody.