Arrest Of AltNews Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair : Delhi Court Remands Him To 4 Days Police Custody [LIVE UPDATES]

Delhi Court remands Mohammed Zubair, Co-Founder of Alt News to 4 days police custody. He was arrested yesterday by Delhi Police over a 2018 tweet for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity.

Court has reserved the order, will be pronounced after 20 minutes. 

Prosecutor: He is just mere informer. He is not an anonymous complainant. His details are here. Without details, no one can get a Twitter account. We have to recover laptops and instruments from which it was posted. So there is requirement of police remand

Prosecutor: inke mobile se saari applications deleted thi.

Ye blank phone lekar aaye the.

Grover: I was in a different case. This is a different case. In each I am given a protection. Please substantiate when you're making such serious allegations.

Prosecutor: ye ajkal trend banaya hua hai ki famous hone ke lie religious outrage jo karte hain, religious feelings apne tweet se....isme 4 aur post hai jisme ye mahabharat me edit karke dikha rahe hai....

Grover: May I play the scene so that there is no question in the minds of the court? Not only am i opposing remand but I will also be seeking bail thereafter at the appropriate juncture. 

Grover: That is a professional duty of a journalist to speak truth to power and he is being targeted because of that.

Grover: Can my liberty be restrained even for a day because I am somebody who doesn't agree with someone in power? But that's not how democracy functions. Remand cannot be mechanical if it's not made at all. 

Grover: Who does it incite? What is the insult? Many tweeted and still no flutter, no disturbance in the society. Honeymooners and bhramachari are not two groups creating unrest in the society. 

Grover: Let us take the tweet of "Hanuman bhakt" on its face value. It's not a case of 153A. In any case he is not the spokesperson of anyone who follows the religion.