New Delhi, September 16
The Delhi Police have told the Delhi HC that a laptop and other devices seized from Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair are deposited with the forensic science laboratory for recovering data that needs to be analysed regarding an alleged objectionable tweet posted by him in 2018 against a Hindu deity.
The police made the submissions in an affidavit filed in the HC in response to a plea by Zubair against his arrest and search and seizure exercise in a case related to the alleged objectionable tweet. Zubair has challenged the legality and propriety of a trial court’s order granting the custody of fact-checking website’s founder to the police for four days.
