Tag : Sentiments

Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh): After a Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail application of Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair who was arrested in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet, Zubair was taken to Sitapur in connection with a case registered against him here for allegedly inflaming religious sentiments through his tweet on three persons, said the officials on Monday. The tweet targeted Mahant Bajrang Muni, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati and Swami Anand Swaroop and termed the trio as "spreaders of hatred." The case was based on the complaint of Bhagwan Sharan, the district president of Hindu Sher Sena. Zubair has been booked under sections 295A and 67 of IPC. The complaint against the Alt-News co-founder was registered on June 1. Zubair was first arrested on June 27, after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him based on a Twitter posting, which another Twitter handle alleged "hurt Hindu sentiments." "The said post of Mohd. Zubair containing pictures and words against a particular religious community are highly provocative and done deliberately which are more than sufficient to incite hatred among people which can be detrimental for the maintenance of public tranquillity," the Delhi Police said in a statement. The contentious tweet by Zubair was posted in March 2018. The court on Saturday sent Mohd Zubair to 14-day judicial custody. Delhi police on Saturday said Pravada media received donations from foreign countries including Pakistan and the accused is the director of that company. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria dismissed the bail petition after hearing the submission of the defence counsel and special public prosecutor (SPP) Atul Srivastava. The court observed in the ord ...