Wed 29 June 2022:
The Twitter account that informed Delhi Police about Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of Alt news, and his “objectionable” remark is no longer active on the social networking site, IANS reported.
Hanuman Bhakt’s account used the username @balajikijaiin, according to the case’s FIR record, which IANS was able to acquire.
Meanwhile, boys and girls, the somewhat forlorn ‘Hanuman Bhakt’ Twitter handle <@balajikijaiin> with its one and half tweets that SI Arun Kumar of the Delhi Police was so vigilant in taking cognisance of while making out the FIR against Mohammed Zubair, has, em, vanished. Kaboom. pic.twitter.com/loCWdDzity
— Chitra Ki Dalali (Parody) (@DalalMedia___) June 29, 2022
33-year-old Zubair is being questioned by police while being held in detention for one of his offensive tweets from 2018.
The FIR states that Zubair took a screenshot from an old Hindi film that showed an image of a hotel with the sign for the establishment stating “Hanuman hotel” rather than “Honeymoon hotel” on it.
Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear has allegedly been arrested by the Delhi police for this tweet circa 2018, on the basis of a complaint made by the handle @balajikijaiin.
The only tweet made by the handle visible at this time is the complaint. https://t.co/RLJhITaeAj pic.twitter.com/sTmw7OCvYy
— The Wire (@thewire_in) June 27, 2022
In his tweet, Zubair had written: “BEFORE 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. After 2014: Hanuman Hotel”.
The complainant — Twitter user @balajikijaiin, tagging the Delhi Police had written: “Linking our God Hanuman Ji with Honeymoon is a direct insult of Hindus because he is a brahmchari. Kindly take action against this.”
Noting the complaint, the police in the FIR said that the words and pictures used by Zubair in the tweet against a particular community were highly provocative and more than sufficient to incite feelings of hatred among people which can be detrimental for maintenance of public tranquility in the society.
Interestingly, it was the only tweet that was done from the said account which ultimately led to Zubair’s arrest.
The issue of the said Twitter account’s veracity also surfaced during Zubair’s hearing on Tuesday.
His counsel Vrinda Grover said that if an anonymous Twitter handle chose to create mischief in the country, those reasons should be investigated.
The prosecutor, in her reply, said that the said account user is just a mere informer.
“He is not an anonymous complainant. His details are here. Without details, no one can get a Twitter account,” the prosecutor replied.
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