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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Mayank Kumar

U.P. slap row: FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder

The Muzaffarnagar police in Uttar Pradesh on August 28 registered a first information report (FIR) against Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of the fact-checking website Alt News, for allegedly disclosing the identity of a minor Muslim boy who was slapped by his classmates on the instructions of their schoolteacher in Khubbapur village.

The video of the slap incident had gone viral on social media, leading to a massive uproar across the country.

The case against Mr. Zubair was lodged on a complaint filed by Vishnu Dutt under Section 74 (prohibition on disclosure of identity of children) of the Juvenile Justice Act.

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