Alt-News co-founder Mohammed Zubair booked after complaint by Yati Narsinghanad’s aide: Police

“It is unfortunate,” said Zubair. Speaking to The Indian Express, helium said the Ghaziabad Police filed the FIR without immoderate verification. “There were different journalists who reported the quality but the FIR against maine looks intentional,” helium said.

According to police, the ailment against Zubair was filed by Udita Tyagi, wide caput of the Yati Narsinghanad Saraswati Trust, astatine Kavi Nagar constabulary presumption astatine 2.19 pm.

Tyagi, successful the complaint, alleged that Zubair posted a video clip of an aged programme of Narsinghanand’s connected October 3 to provoke unit by Muslims against him. She besides claimed Zubair had posted edited clips of the clergyman connected societal media to incite much extremist sentiments against him.

“He posted a bid of videos connected October 4 and 5, starring to an effort to ‘attack’ the Dasna Devi temple. I was contiguous with Yati astatine the temple and we hardly escaped. Had the constabulary not intervened, the concern would person gotten retired of hand,” Tyagi alleged successful her complaint.

She besides alleged Zubair included the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, BJP MLA Nand Kishore Gurjar, and her sanction successful his tirade, aft which she reportedly got decease threats connected societal media.

Police said the FIR against Zubair was registered nether sections 196 (promoting enmity betwixt antithetic groups connected grounds of religion), 228 (fabricating mendacious evidence), 299 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage spiritual feelings), 356(3) (defamation) and 351(2) (punishment for transgression intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Meanwhile, connected Monday, implicit 100 radical gathered extracurricular the Ghaziabad Police Commissioner’s bureau and submitted a memorandum demanding to cognize the whereabouts of Narasinghanand. The assemblage besides demanded enactment against Zubair for making remarks against him.

“We are investigating the matter,” said Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra, adding that enactment volition beryllium taken against those provoking radical connected societal media.

On Friday night, constabulary had said they stepped up information astir the Dasna Devi temple aft a ample assemblage had gathered extracurricular to protestation against Narsinghanand. Police Sunday apprehended 10 radical for allegedly pelting stones during the protest.