Lakhimpur Kheri Court Sends Alt News' Mohammed Zubair to 14-Day Judicial Custody

A warrant was issued against Zubair by the police for allegedly spreading enmity between religious groups.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Monday, 11 July, sent Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to judicial custody for 14 days.

A warrant was issued by the Lakhimpur Kheri police against the fact-checker on 9 July over a case registered against him in 2021 for allegedly spreading enmity between religious groups.

The warrant was issued to Zubair at the Sitapur district jail on Friday, asking him to appear before the court by 11 July.

In the FIR accessed by The Quint, the complainant, named Ashish Kumar Katiyar, accused Zubair of propagating fake news on Twitter with the motive of disturbing communal harmony, following which a case was registered under Section 153-A (promoting enmity between two groups) of the Indian Penal Code.