By way of PTI
SITAPUR: A FIR has been registered in opposition to Mohammad Zubair, a fact-checker and co-founder of Alt Information, right here on the Khairabad Police Station for calling Hindu seers “hate mongers”, police on Friday stated.
Further Superintendent of Police MP Singh informed PTI that the case was once registered on Wednesday on a criticism lodged by way of Bhagwan Sharan, the district president of Hindu Sher Sena.
The journalist was once booked underneath sections of the IPC and the Data Generation Act.
On the center of the subject is a tweet Zubair posted on Would possibly 27 tagging Vineet Jain, managing director, Occasions Team.
“Smartly accomplished @vineetjaintimes! Why do we’d like Hate Mongers like Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati or Mahant Bajrang Muni or Anand Swaroop to organize a Dharam Sansad to talk in opposition to a group and a Faith after we have already got Anchors who can do a lot better activity from Information Studios,” he had stated within the tweet.
Bajrang Muni is the Nationwide Conservator of Hindu Sher Sena.
A hate speech video of Bajrang Muni had previous long gone viral resulting in his arrest.
The subject in opposition to the journalist is being probed by way of SO Khairabad Arvind Singh, who has been assigned the investigation officer, Further SP Sitapur stated.
The journalist had on Thursday stated that this was once “fifth or sixth” FIR filed in opposition to him within the subject.