New Delhi: A day after Supreme Court granted interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in connection with a case registered against him in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, the Lakhimpur Kheri police obtained a fresh warrant against him on Saturday in a case lodged at Mohammadi police station last year on charges of promoting enmity between two groups, news agency ANI reported.
According to the ANI report, an FIR was filed in September last year at the Mohammadi police station, in response to a Lakhimpur Kheri court order, and a warrant was issued to Zubair at the Sitapur district jail, asking him to appear before the court by July 11.
According to report, a person named Ashish Kumar Katiyar had filed a case accusing Zubair of circulating false news on Twitter in an alleged bid to disturb communal harmony. Accordingly, a case was lodged against Zubair under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 153-A (promoting enmity between two groups).
Notably, Zubair was brought to Sitapur from Delhi two days back, where he was lodged in jail in connection with a separate case filed last week.
The UP police filed a complaint against Zubair for hurting religious feelings on the basis of a tweet he wrote against Mahant Bajrang Muni, Yati Narsinghanand, and Swami Anand Swaroop, referring to them as "hate mongers."
Zubair was charged under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (deliberate and malicious acts intended to offend religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) (IT Act).