A Delhi court on Tuesday granted the Delhi Police four more days of custody of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, a day after he was arrested for his “objectionable tweet” in 2018.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria of the Patiala House Court also allowed the police to take him to Bengaluru to recover his phone and laptop from his residence.
The order came after advocate Vrinda Grover opposed the remand application by the police, arguing for over an hour on alleged violation of arrest procedures, the lack of ingredients required for the offences in the first information report, and how Mr. Zubair was being targeted for his work and because of his faith.
