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“Criminals have no caste”: Udaipur Collector whitewashes Islamists who beheaded Kanhaiya Lal for supporting Nupur Sharma

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“Criminals have no caste”: Udaipur Collector whitewashes Islamists who beheaded Kanhaiya Lal for supporting Nupur Sharma

On Tuesday, Two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur murdered a Hindu man, Kanhaiya Lal, over his post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. After the gruesome incident happened in broad daylight, Udaipur’s district Collector, Tara Chand Meena has whitewashed the Islamist crime by saying ‘Criminals have no caste.”

While talking to news agency ANI, Tara Chand Meena said, “Criminals have no caste. The law is taking its course and the strictest action will be taken against the accused. Assistance will be provided to the victim’s family as much as possible. Action will be taken under the provisions which are there.”

Meena’s words have come at a time when two Islamists have killed a Hindu tailor, in his own shop, over a social media post. Their actions have been prompted after the victim earlier wrote a social media post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma whose comments on Prophet Mohammed were used by Mohammed Zubair of Alt News to dog-whistle Islamists. To deny a religious angle in the case, when it is openly reflected, is nothing but hard bigotry on the part of the Rajasthan Government official.

On the other hand, the collector attempted to whitewash the act of Islamists after they themselves have taken the responsibility of the same, in the name of ‘Allah’. Moreover, to say that ‘Criminals have no caste’ gives an impression that the crime has been committed by people belonging to a particular Hindu caste against a person belonging to another, and not by Islamists who were motivated to kill a “Kafir” for supporting a lady who made comments on Prophet Muhammad.

Punjab: AAP govt heeds Congress’ suggestion, vows to pass a resolution against Centre’s ban on Sidhu Moosewala’s contentious song

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Punjab: AAP govt heeds Congress’ suggestion, vows to pass a resolution against Centre’s ban on Sidhu Moosewala’s contentious song

Two days after Youtube blocked the song ‘SYL’ by deceased Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala on the directives of the Government of India, the Aam Aadmi Party had vowed to pass a resolution against the Centre in the Punjab legislative assembly.

As per reports, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Tuesday (June 28) that the Assembly will pass a resolution against the Centre’s ban on controversial singer Sidhu Moosewala’s last song on June 30.

Besides, resolutions will also be passed against the centralisation of Punjab University and the newly launched Agnipath scheme. All 3 resolutions will be taken on the last day of the ongoing monsoon session.

Similar demands were made by the Congress party, which found resonance with the Bhagwant Mann government.

Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira tweeted, “I’m happy to state that acting on our suggestions BhagwantMann govt is bringing resolutions to condemn centralization of PU, banning of SidhuMooseWala Syl song, withholding Twitter handles & erroneous Agnipath army scheme on the 30th in Vidhan Sabha.”

The resolution against the Agnipath scheme was also supported by the Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa. BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma had, however, opposed it.

Problematic lyrics of Sidhu MooseWala’s song

The song SYL was released four weeks after Moosewala’s murder. The problematic song has provocative lyrics and visuals. In the song, Moosewala talked about Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh to Punjab.

On November 1, 1966, post-independence Punjab was divided into three states, Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh, on the basis of language. The song also goes on to warn that if there is no alternative way, then Balwinder Jattana will return.

Jattana was the terrorist who killed two senior engineers working on the SYL project in Chandigarh. Affiliated with Babbar Khalsa terrorist outfit, the Ropar resident Jattana killed Chief Engineer and the Superintending Engineer working on the SYL project in 1990.

Following the murders, the construction on SYL stopped as the terrorised engineers refused to continue working on it. Jattana was later killed in a police encounter in 1991.

In the text on-screen during the song, Sidhu Moosewala goes on to call the SYL canal the causative agent of the Congress-led pogrom of Sikhs in Delhi in 1984.

The flag hoisting at Red Fort by a Sikh mob on 2021 Republic Day also finds a place in the video of the song. The video also shows a bomb blast on an animated canal, pushing the idea that violence should be used to stop SYL.

Media outfits ‘secularise’ the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal after Islamists behead him over his post supporting Nupur Sharma

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Media outfits ‘secularise’ the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal after Islamists behead him over his post supporting Nupur Sharma

On June 28, a Hindu tailor was beheaded in broad daylight by two Muslim men in Udaipur’s Dhan Mandi area of Bhoot Mahal for putting social media status in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. While it is out in the open that two Muslim men entered the tailoring shop with swords and brutally beheaded the Hindu tailor, identified as Kanhaiya Lal, prominent media houses have once again tried to ‘secularise’ the heinous crime, since here too the perpetrators are Islamists and the victim, a Hindu.

After executing the murder, the two Islamists, who have identified themselves as Mohammed Riyaz Akhatari and another as Mohammed shared the video of the murder and even threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi while boasting about their murder.

While the Islamists have admitted guilt in the brutal murder of the Hindu man, mainstream media resorted to their standard practice of downplaying horrific crimes, since here too the accused are members of the minority community. The incident was covered by almost all media outlets, but most of them took care to craft the headlines so that it wasn’t immediately clear that the victim, in this case, was also a Hindu and the perpetrators were Islamists.

Leftist propaganda portal The Quint reported about the incident both on its English and Hindi websites but was very careful in wording the headlines. They made sure that it was not revealed that a Hindu man was killed by Islamists.

Image source: The Quint
Image source: The Quint Hindi

Ultra-Leftist portals like The Wire and Scroll, going by the propensity to ‘secularise’ a crime whenever the perpetrators are Islamists, purposely did not mention in their respective report’s headlines that the victim, in this case, was a Hindu and the perpetrators belonged to the Muslim community, brainwashed with the belief of killing anyone they perceived of insulting their faith and their prophet.

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Image source; The Wire

Interestingly, The Wire’s report mentions the names of the perpetrators in its excerpt but not in the headline. People giving a casual glance at the headline would obviously miss out on the fact that the accused here are Islamists.

India TV headlined its report on the beheading of the Hindu man by Islamists in Udaipur today: “Udaipur tailor beheaded for social media post in support of Nupur Sharma; CM appeals for peace”.

Hindu tailor media
Image source: India TV

The words Financial Express used for the headline were also carefully chosen. Given that the accused in this case was a member of a minority group and the victim was a Hindu, the ambiguous headline was probably chosen on purpose to water down the heinous crime.

Hindu tailor media
Image credit: Financial Express

Likewise, many so-called secular mainstream media outlets, including some vernacular ones choose to not mention in the headline that the victim was a Hindu man and the perpetrators were Islamists.

Hindu tailor media
Media houses reporting the beheading of the Hindu man in Udaipur by two Muslim men 
Hindu tailor media
Media houses reporting the beheading of the Hindu man in Udaipur by two Muslim men 

After going through the headlines of the aforementioned reports, it is clear how media houses have a propensity to water down heinous crimes, especially when the accused belongs to the minority community. One wonders whether they would have done the same if the religious identities of the victim and the perpetrators were flipped.

Kanhaiya Lal was murdered by Islamists for sharing a social media post in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Nupur has been in the crosshairs of radical Islamists ever since Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair unleashed Islamists on her through his dog-whistling endangering her life, and even the life of those who stand up to support her.

The Udaipur Police have launched a probe in searching for the Islamists who beheaded Kanhaiya Lal in broad daylight in Udaipur today. The threats issued by them have horrified people living in the city. Moreover, their posts justifying their actions and call for death issued to the PM have disturbed the law and order situation in the state of Rajasthan.

Udaipur murder: Kanhaiya Lal, the Hindu man beheaded by Islamists, was earlier arrested by police over the Nupur Sharma post

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Udaipur murder: Kanhaiya Lal, the Hindu man beheaded by Islamists, was earlier arrested by police over the Nupur Sharma post

Two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur murdered a Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, on Tuesday afternoon over his post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. It has been learnt now that the Udaipur Police had arrested Kanhaiya Lal over the said post, which was shared by his 8-year-old son from his mobile.

According to news reports, the eight-year-old son of the deceased victim Kanhaiya Lal had shared a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma from his mobile. However, after this, Kanhaiyalal was arrested by the Dhanmandi police station officials. He continued receiving death threats over the post after his release.

Scared of the threats, Kanhaiya Lal appealed to the police for protection but the police did not take him seriously. As reported by Nav Bharat Times, even after arresting Kanhaiyalal, the murderers were threatening to intimidate him and kill him. On this, Kanhaiyalal informed the Dhanmandi police station and requested security for him. Despite this, the police did not take the matter seriously.

On Tuesday, the Islamist assailants who have published videos claiming responsibility for their action found an opportunity to behead the tailor in the name of ‘Allah’. Had the Udaipur police provided security to Kanhaiyalal or addressed his concerns, that would have saved his life today.

The incident took place near the Bhoot Mahal on Maldas Street in Udaipur. The victim who is a tailor and proprietor of Supreme tailors was killed in broad daylight amidst the hustle-bustle on the adjoining road. After executing the murder, the 2 Islamists, who have identified themselves as Mohammed Riyaz Akhatari and another as Mohammed shared the video of the murder and even threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi while boasting about their murder.

According to the latest news, the two brutal killers were arrested from the neighbouring district of Rajsamand.

Islamists kill another Hindu man while journalists try to paint Mohammed Zubair, who triggered the Islamists, a victim 

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Islamists kill another Hindu man while journalists try to paint Mohammed Zubair, who triggered the Islamists, a victim 

In a bloodcurdling incident, Islamists mercilessly hacked a Hindu man in Udaipur to death for his social media post supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was at the centre of a raging controversy after Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair dog whistled her for her comments on Prophet Muhammad.

The deceased, a Hindu man and a tailor by profession, had posted a social media post in solidarity with Nupur Sharma about ten days ago. Since then, he was at the receiving end of the Islamist wrath, receiving a constant stream of death threats for simply extending his support to a lady targeted by the extremists provoked by Mohammed Zubair.

The man also approached police and filed a complaint with them over the unending barrage of death threats he was receiving from the bloodthirsty mob of Islamists. Then, on Tuesday, enraged Muslim fundamentalists barged into his shop in broad daylight and inflicted several blows with a sharp weapon and slit his throat. The video of the attack has since surfaced online, where the assailants can be seen attacking the victim with sharp weapons. 

Kanhaiyalal Teli, 40, was a tailor and owned a shop named Supreme Tailors near the Bhootmahal located in Dhanmandi. On Tuesday, two bike-borne miscreants stopped at his shop and entered inside. One after the other, they unleashed their murderous rage on Teli, attacking him with sharp weapons more than half a dozen times, leading to his death. Thereafter, the two miscreants fled away. 

Hindu man’s murder in Udaipur by Islamists: A direct fallout of Mohammed Zubair’s dangerous dog-whistling against Nupur Sharma

With Teli’s murder, the Islamists extracted the first pound of flesh after being triggered by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who sparked a raging controversy after sharing a truncated video of Nupur Sharma’s comments on Times Now debate and accused her of making derogatory remarks against the Islamic Prophet.

Before long, the controversy gained epic proportions and transcended national boundaries as Arab countries made unsolicited comments, causing a diplomatic nightmare for India’s mission in the Persian Gulf. Islamists took to the streets, running riot and indulging in vandalism, and arson against what they perceived as an insult to Prophet Muhammad. Protest marches calling for the beheading of Nupur Sharma were carried out as participants shouted “sar tan se juda” chants against Nupur Sharma. In one instance, her effigy was left hanging from a cable, reminding Hindus of the fate that awaits them should they dare cite authentic and reliable Islamic Hadiths to comment on Prophet Muhammad. 

While Islamists went on a rampage on the streets in many cities across the country, it was essentially Mohammed Zubair who was responsible for kindling a fire that had gone on to assume uncontrollable proportions. It was Zubair’s dog-whistling that made a mountain out of a molehill and painted a target behind the back of Nupur Sharma and anyone and everyone who came out in her support.

And so, Teli was a marked man the moment he came out in support of Nupur Sharma. Islamists, provoked by Mohammed Zubair, dished out death threats to him for what they considered an unpardonable sin committed against Prophet. And days later, the Hindu man was killed for something as trivial as just sharing a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma.

Mohammed Zubair’s dig whistling against Nupur Sharma that unleashed a mob of Islamists against her makes him guilty of ‘stochastic terrorism’

Even though the Islamists on the ground were responsible for killing him, the buck does not stop there. They were puppets working at the behest of their masters, who were equally blameworthy for goading them into murdering Teli. In essence, Mohammed Zubair’s dog-whistling against Nupur Sharma instigated Islamists, who then went on to kill Teli for his support to the former BJP leader.

This makes Mohammed Zubair guilty of ‘stochastic terrorism’, a concept defined as the public demonisation of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted. It was Mohammed Zubair who spearheaded a campaign against Nupur Sharma, accusing her of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and letting loose an army of Islamists against her that ultimately snuffed out the life of Teli.

The horrifying killing of the Udaipur tailor comes a day after Delhi Police arrested Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for hurting religious sentiments. The police acted on the basis of a complaint filed against him by a Twitter user who cited the notorious fact-checker’s old tweet where he had a derogatory reference to Lord Hanuman.

‘Liberals’, ‘journalists’ try to paint Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair a victim of state oppression

No sooner did the news of Zubair’s arrest trickled out on social media, than the left-liberal cabal proceeded to paint him as a victim of state oppression. Leaning on misinformation and the belief in the potency of the left ecosystem to propagate lies, the ‘liberal’ commentariat alleged that Mohammed Zubair was arrested for exposing hate speech, cunningly concealing the fact he was arrested on the charges of hurting the religious sentiments through his disparaging tweets, which he deleted a few days ago. 

However, this nugget of information was superfluous for the liberals, who are hellbent on branding Zubair as a victim of political vendetta, in an attempt to leverage his arrest to attack the Modi government and accuse them of being intolerant of “dissent”.

A raft of leftists lost their sleep over Zubair’s arrest, with many of those who were until a few days ago batting in favour of blasphemy law suddenly made a turnabout and held forth on how his arrest is an assault on the individual right of ‘Freedom of Expression’. Aspersions were raised on the identity of the complainant and the motivations of the Delhi Police to insinuate that the law enforcement agencies acted in malice and that Zubair’s arrest was a ploy to “suppress dissent”.

But Zubair’s “dissenting” views as the leftists would proclaim, have real-life consequences as manifested in the brutal murder of the Hindu man in Udaipur. The cold-blooded murder of a Hindu man is a direct result of the provocation that Mohammed Zubair touched off against Nupur Sharma for defending her faith in a news debate where a fellow panellist felt no qualms in deriding the Shivling discovered at the controversial Gyanvapi site.

Even as the ‘journalists’, opposition politicians, including Congress leaders, seek to exculpate Mohammed Zubair, what transpired at Udaipur, where Islamists ruthlessly murdered a Hindu man for extending his support to Nupur Sharma, is a reflection of the dangerous fallout of the Alt News co-founder’s dog-whistling antics.

Islamists who beheaded a tailor for writing a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma arrested, had asked Muslims to behead others in a pre-recorded message

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Islamists who beheaded a tailor for writing a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma arrested, had asked Muslims to behead others in a pre-recorded message

Two Islamists who had brutally beheaded a tailor in Udaipur for posting a social media message in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma have been arrested. The brutal killers were arrested from the neighbouring district of Rajsamand.

Earlier on Tuesday, 28th of June, the two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur murdered a Hindu man, Kanhaiyya Lal, on over his post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. In the videos that have emerged, the two men entered the tailor’s shop as customers and grabbed to behead him with a knife.

In the horrific crime that has emerged following the Nupur Sharma controversy, it has been learnt that the incident took place near the Bhoot Mahal on Maldas Street in Udaipur. The victim who is a tailor and proprietor of Supreme tailors was killed in broad daylight amidst the hustle-bustle on the adjoining road. The Udaipur Police rushed to the scene after the enraged merchants in the surrounding area complained of the inhumane incident.

In a video recorded on 17th June, one of the killers urged Muslims to behead others who ‘defame’ Prophet Muhammad

In a video recorded on Friday, 17th of June, one of the murderers, Mohammed Riyaz Akhatari, can be heard saying that he will make the video viral on the day he will behead those who speak against Prophet Muhammad. Akhtari goes on to say that even though he is starting this trend of beheading people, other Muslims should take it forward and behead others who speak against the Prophet.

He also asked fellow Muslims not to worry about their families and businesses, as he himself is also doing a job but is only alive for the Prophet. Akhtari urged Muslims to behead others in the name of Allah after his beheading act. Saying that death is only a step to Jannat, he kept urging Muslims to remove the heads of people.

He also condemned those who were not willing to commit murders in the name of Prophet Muhammad, offering them bangles as a symbol of their weakness.

Rajasthan: After Islamists behead Hindu man over post supporting Nupur Sharma, locals protest, CM Gehlot blames PM Narendra Modi

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Rajasthan: After Islamists behead Hindu man over post supporting Nupur Sharma, locals protest, CM Gehlot blames PM Narendra Modi

Protests broke out in Maldas street area of Udaipur after 2 Islamists butchered a man to death for posting a message in support of the former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The shops in the area have been closed following the brutal murder in broad daylight.

The tailor, Kanhaiyya Lal, who was beheaded by Islamists, had shared a social media post in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Nupur has been in the crosshairs of radical Islamists ever since Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair unleashed Islamists on her through his dog-whistling endangering her life, and even the life of those who stand up to support her.

The incident took place near the Bhoot Mahal on Maldas Street in Udaipur. The victim who is a tailor and proprietor of Supreme tailors was killed in broad daylight amidst the hustle-bustle on the adjoining road. The Udaipur Police rushed to the scene after the enraged merchants in the surrounding area complained of the inhumane incident.

After executing the murder, the 2 Islamists, who have identified themselves as Mohammed Riyaz Akhatari and another as Mohammed shared the video of the murder and even threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi while boasting about their murder.

Reacting to the incident, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tried to pass the blame on to the central government. Gehlot asked why don’t PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah address the nation and appeal for peace, even though the murder happened under his jurisdiction.

Following the protest by the locals, internet services in Udaipur have been suspended. Meanwhile, CM Ashok Gehlot has asked the people to maintain peace in the area through a tweet. Incidentally, Gehlot’s party leader Rahul Gandhi had supported Mohammed Zubair whose tweet initiated this cycle of violence.

‘Oh Narendra Modi, hope knife reaches your neck as well’: Hindu man beheaded in Udaipur by two Muslim men for post supporting Nupur Sharma

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‘Oh Narendra Modi, hope knife reaches your neck as well’: Hindu man beheaded in Udaipur by two Muslim men for post supporting Nupur Sharma

Two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur murdered a Hindu man, Kanhaiyya Lal, on Tuesday afternoon over his post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. In the videos that have emerged, the two men entered the tailor’s shop as customers and grabbed to behead him with a knife.

In the horrific crime that has emerged following the Nupur Sharma controversy, it has been learnt that the incident took place near the Bhoot Mahal on Maldas Street in Udaipur. The victim who is a tailor and proprietor of Supreme tailors was killed in broad daylight amidst the hustle-bustle on the adjoining road. The Udaipur Police rushed to the scene after the enraged merchants in the surrounding area complained of the inhumane incident.

In the video posted by Delhi BJP politician Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, it could be seen that one Muslim man entered the victim’s shop as a customer while the other was possibly shooting the video. While the tailor was taking the man’s body measurements, he grabbed his neck and attacked him from the back. After this, the man started hitting the tailor, with the victim pleading with him to let him go.

In the latter part of the video, the victim could be heard crying and screaming while he was beheaded with a raw knife by the men. The tailor’s body covered in plastic was seen lying outside his shop with blood overflowing on the streets.

In another video, the assailants who have identified themselves as Mohammed Riyaz Akhatari and another one as Mohammed could be seen claiming responsibility for their actions in the name of Allah. “We have chopped off the head from the one from Udaipur. Oh, Allah, we will live for you and die for you.”

“Oh Narendra Modi, listen, you’ve started the fire and will we extinguish it. I hope this knife reaches your neck as well, Inshallah. Oh, the people of Udaipur, chant, “Gustakh e Rasool ki Sazah, Sar tan see Juda (The one who insults Allah has the only Punishment, which is the separation of the head from the body).

While the Udaipur Police has launched a probe in searching for the Islamists, the threats issued by them have horrified people living in the city. Moreover, their posts justifying their actions and call for death issued to the PM have disturbed the law and order situation in the state of Rajasthan.

Patiala House Court sends Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to four days of police custody

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Patiala House Court sends Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to four days of police custody

A Delhi Magistrate on Tuesday sent Mohammed Zubair to four days of police custody in the case against him for hurting religious sentiments. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria of the Patiala House Court was hearing the bail application of Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of propagandist portal Alt News, who was arrested on June 27 by the Delhi Police under Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 295 (intended to outrage reli­gious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or reli­gious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code.

The honourable Court has granted police custody to allow police to recover his laptop and phone from Bangalore, which were purportedly used to post the tweet in question.

The police had sought five-day custody of Zubair noting that the latter had not co-operated with the authorities in the investigation. Zubair was arrested yesterday (June 27) as a result of his refusal to hand over the electronic devices he used to post the inflammatory tweet in 2018. Zubair claimed that he misplaced the phone he used in 2018, and he had formatted his phone as per Delhi Police.

The FIR was based on a tweet by Twitter user @balajikijaiin where he had shared a screenshot of an old tweet by Zubair in which he had mocked Lord Hanuman. In the tweet, @balajikijaiin had asked Delhi Police to take action against Zubair for hurting the sentiments of Hindus with his derogatory post against Lord Hanuman.

Today (June 28), Zubair was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria of the Patiala House Court on the expiry of his one-day custodial interrogation. Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover had represented Zubair in the case.

Grover, fighting for his bail, argued before the Delhi magistrate court that since he is a fact-checker and journalist and regularly calls out people who post fake news and videos, he is not liked by a lot of people.

Advocate Vrinda Grover, arguing for Zubair’s bail, told the court that the police were ‘abusing its power.’ “Today, my laptop and phone are a storehouse of my personal information. They want my laptop because I am a journalist. Our laptops contain sensitive information. A fishing enquiry begins when the laptop is seized. That tweet cannot withstand any legal scrutiny. I have been challenging people who are speaking certain things. Will that deprive me of my liberty?” Grover told the magistrate court. 

She further argued that the ‘journalist’ had tweeted a screenshot from a 1983 movie cleared by the censor board. “Many have tweeted the same, the only difference between those handles and mine is my faith, my name and my profession,” lawyer Vrinda Grover said, inferring that Zubair was being targeted since he is a Muslim and a journalist.

Meanwhile, rebutting Vrinda Grover’s arguments presented in Zubair’s defence, the prosecution said, “Ye trend banaya hua hai ki famous hone ke liye religious outrage karte hain. They outrage feelings of Hindu religion“, the prosecution said.

The prosecution further contended that Zubair had not only deleted all applications from his mobile phone but also threatened the investigating officer. “His parents have laptops from which data has been deleted, he said. He came with a blank phone,” said the prosecutor.

The prosecution further argued that Zubair’s deliberate act is there on record which is outraging the religious sentiments.

Further arguing in favour of Zubair’s remand, the prosecution said, “He is not an anonymous complainant. We have his details. We have to recover those laptops and instruments using which he posted these posts. There is a requirement for his police remand. This is the first time it came to our knowledge that these posts were posted by him.”

After hearing both sides of the argument, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria of the Patiala House Court granted 4 days of police custody of Mohammed Zubair.

Alt News’ Md Zubair had transactions of Rs 50 lakh in the past three months, had promoted fundraiser for pro-Rohingya outfit in April 2022

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Alt News’ Md Zubair had transactions of Rs 50 lakh in the past three months, had promoted fundraiser for pro-Rohingya outfit in April 2022

On June 28, following the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Delhi Police said in a statement that his bank account had over Rs 50 lakh transactions in the last few days. Deputy Commissioner of Police of IFSO Unit KPS Malhotra was quoted by India Today saying, “We have evidence that there have been transactions over Rs 50 lakh in the last few days using his account which we will look into.”

Speaking about the tweet that became the base of his arrest, DCP Malhotra said, “We did serve him notice under Section 41A and the same has been acknowledged by the court yesterday. Even if he used a movie grab in his tweet, a previous HC judgment says that whatever you tweet or quote, the culpability lies with you.” He further added his arrest has no connection to the ongoing controversy over remarks made by former Spokesperson of BJP Nupur Sharma.

Alt News’s Pratik Sinha called it ‘absolute lies’

Quoting a screenshot of India Today’s tweet about the Delhi Police’s statement, co-founder of Alt News Pratik Sinha said it was a lie. In the tweet, he wrote, “Fact-check: Absolutely lies. Police are linking donations received by Alt News to Zubair. All the money that Alt News receives goes to the organisation’s bank and not any individuals. The bank statement of Zubair’s personal account of which I have a copy debunks this falsehood.”

On one hand, Delhi Police in the statement talked about Zubair’s account with transactions worth 50 lakh and did not mention anything about “donations” Alt News has received, Sinha assumed they were talking about the donations that the portal receives during monthly campaigns. He further added he had Zubair’s account statement but can Zubair not have two or more bank accounts?

Moreover, the last campaign they ran in May 2022 resulted in collections of around Rs 9 lakh that too should have been done via the company’s account. Their monthly target is around Rs 12 lakh. The question remains if Delhi Police talked about Zubair’s personal account or as Sinha pointed out it was the company’s account.

Zubair had shared a screenshot of payments received that was close to Rs 9 lakh. Source: Twitter.

If it was indeed the company’s account, how come the transactions were worth Rs 50 lakh while they collected only close to Rs 9 lakh for their monthly expenses. Furthermore, if it was a personal account and Pratik has its statement, why he did not post a screenshot of it to ‘debunk’ the claims?

On June 28, a Delhi court sent Zubair to four-day Police custody.

Zubair had promoted a fundraiser for pro-Rohingya outfit in April 2022

It is noteworthy that in April this year, Zubair promoted a fundraiser for Miles2Smile, named organization that is known for its pro-Rohingya stand. Following the anti-encroachment drive in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, New Delhi and other states, Zubair had called for a fundraiser campaign to help the alleged ‘victims’. Notably, the anti-encroachment drives were run after a series of communal clashes in these states during Shobha Yatras on Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti.

According to the fundraising platforms Ketto’s links shared by Mohammed Zubair, the rehabilitation work is being carried out by a dubious organization known as Miles2Smile Foundation. The organization, which is raising funds for the alleged victims, had previously raised funds for illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants settling in the country.

According to their website, the foundation has carried out eight fundraising campaigns to help more than 1,800 victims of the Bihar Floods, the Covid-19 pandemic and also the Muslim ‘victims’ of the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots that took place in February 2020. Apart from helping to raise funds for Indian Muslim’ victims’, the foundation has also helped illegal Rohingya Muslims who have settled in camps in the country.

The organization had raised funds for the construction work for the Rohingya Refugees at Nuh in Haryana and had also built housing units, he had claimed on Twitter in January this year. It is worth noting that Nuh belongs to Mewat in Haryana, the region that is notoriously known as “Mini Pakistan “, where tales of abduction, rapes and forced conversions of Hindus have been routinely reported.

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