After the Delhi Police arrested Alt-News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for his Hinduphobic posts, information regarding the fact that Zubair is not cooperating the police in investigation has surfaced. As per the police remand notice accessed by Times Now, Zubair has refused to answer most of the questions during the interrogation.
After Zubair was sent to one-day police remand, he was bought to the IFSO Delhi Police special cell in Dwarka on Monday night. It has now surfaced that Zubair is not cooperating with the Police and has refused to answer most of the questions put to him, as mentioned in the remand copy.
In addition to refusing answers to most of the question, Zubair has also refused to sign on the paper of the remand copy which is enclosed in an annexure, which is to be duly signed both by the Investigation Officer (IO) and the accused. The IO has further noted that while the accused has joined the investigation, he is not cooperating with the same.
Since Zubair is not cooperating with the agency for the same, it would be difficult for him to be granted bail by the Court under such circumstances as Police would not be able to extract information from him during the custody.
Currently, the Delhi Police are looking for Mohammed Zubair’s phone using which he made the tweets insulting Hindu Gods which have come under scrutiny. Meanwhile, Zubair has claimed that he has lost the gadget. According to Times Now, the police are currently tracking the deletion of the data, which could also attract charges of tempering with the evidence against Zubair.
Mohammed Zubair was arrested for hurting the religious sentiments of the Hindu community. He was booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 153 (provocation to cause riot) and 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings).