The Ghaziabad Police on Wednesday told the Allahabad High Court that it has added a new charge against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair . The charge for “endangering the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India” was made under relevant sections of the IT Act in their October 8 FIR. The statement came when the high court was hearing the journalist's plea seeking to quash the FIR against him over sharing a video clip of Narsinghanand. The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to quash the first information report (FIR) filed against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for a social media post criticising Hindu priest Yati Narsinghanand. However, it extended Zubair ’s interim protection from arrest—first granted in December ... Who is Mohammed Zubair ? Mohammad Zubair is the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, which he founded along with former software engineer Pratik Sinha. Zubair and Sinha founded the Alt News website in 2017 to combat fake news. Mohammed Zubair is an Indian journalist and co-founder of Alt News, a fact-checking website. He was arrested in 2022 for a tweet about a Hindu leader's remarks on Muhammad and faced legal issues for his criticism of Hindutva extremists.
