The Twitter account that had raised a complaint against Alt News co-founder Mohd. Zubair’s 2018 tweet on the social media website, which led to the case against the scribe and his eventual arrest by the Delhi Police on Monday, has ceased to exist as of Wednesday evening.
This comes a day after Mr. Zubair’s counsel Vrinda Grover had raised doubts about the account and the motives of the person operating it while arguing against the extension of his police custody in a Delhi court.
The account was operating under the handle “@balajikijaiin” and went by the name “Hanuman Bhakt”. It had been created in October 2021 but the first tweet posted from the account appeared on June 19 this year, based on which an officer of the Delhi Police Special Cell’s IFSO (Intelligence Fusion Strategic Operations) Unit had registered the FIR against Mr. Zubair on June 20. Till then, this was the only post made by this account.
