Hours after the Supreme Court of India granted interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in the Sitapur case against him, Lakhimpur Kheri district police secured a production warrant for Mr. Zubair from a local court, which directed that he be produced before it on Monday (July 11).
While the Supreme Court had clarified that it was granting bail only in the Sitapur case, jail officials in the district were supposed to release Mr. Zubair into the custody of Delhi Police so that he can be taken back to Tihar jail for judicial custody in the Delhi FIR.