Anonymous Twitter handle that led to arrest of Alt News co-founder

The anonymous Twitter handle that led to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair does not exist anymore on the microblogging website.

Sources in the Delhi Police said the Twitter handle that had raised the issue of Zubair's tweet has been deleted.

We are trying to identify and track the user of the Twitter account in order to find out the reason behind him or her deleting the account. According to a source, the person must be scared after the matter came to limelight.

The number of followers of the Twitter handle, which had flagged a 2018 tweet by Zubair against a Hindu deity, went past 1,200 in a night. A Twitter handle, Hanuman Bhakt Balajijaiiin, shared a tweet against another Twitter handle in the name of Mohammed Zubair zoo bear, in which it has been tweeted by Zubair before 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. The FIR read after 2014: Hanuman Hotel and shows a picture of a signboard of a hotel named Honeymoon Hotel changed to Hanuman Hotel.

According to the first information report, Balajijaiiin tweeted: Linking our God Hanuman ji with Honey Moon is a direct insult of Hindus because he is brahmin. Kindly take action against this guy. A Delhi court extended Zubair's custody of interrogation by four days.

The co-founder of the fact-checking website was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets in 2018.

On June 20, a case against Zubair was registered under sections 153 A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, language, etc. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations, IPC KPS Malhotra, said on 295 a deliberate and malicious act intended to outrage religious feelings of the Indian Penal Code.

According to the DCP, Zubair was arrested in connection with one of his tweets that had a questionable image with a purpose to deliberately insult the god of a religion.

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