Zubair was simultaneously targeted by thousands of TekFog accounts, hundreds of bot accounts affiliated with a man who has extensive links to the BJP as well as a history of hate speech, all over a single tweet.
Several highlighted the wide disparity between the police's treatment of personalities who routinely spew hate speech and the way the fact-checker has been taken to task for a 2018 tweet.
"It is ironic that Mohammed Zubair's arrest came on a day when India joined G7 and four other countries to protect free speech, online and offline," the Press Club of India said.