: Charges of criminal conspiracy, foreign funding norms violation added against Mohammed Zubair #IndiaNEWS The Delhi Police has now accused journalist Mohammed Zubair of criminal conspiracy, causing

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Charges of criminal conspiracy, foreign funding norms violation added against Mohammed Zubair #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi Police has now accused journalist Mohammed Zubair of criminal conspiracy, causing disappearance of evidence and violating foreign funding norms, Live Law reported on Saturday. The charges have been added to the case in which the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News had earlier been charged for hurting religious statements. The development came to light shortly before a magistrate court hearing on Zubair’s bail plea in the case.The new charges against the journalist have been filed under Sections 120B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.SPP Atul Srivastava now refers to sec. 35 of FCRA Act. The provision reads thus:#MohammedZubair #AltNews #DelhiPolice pic.twitter.com/JVSyFOrvLk— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) July 2, 2022 Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in a tweet he had posted in March 2018. A magistrate had initially sent him to police custody for a day. On Tuesday, Delhi’s Patiala House Court remanded him in police custody till July 2.On Friday, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to the police after Zubair challenged his police custody.At Friday’s hearing Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had told the Delhi High Court that the filing of the FIR against Zubair was “only [the] initiation of proceedingsâ€?, Live Law reported.“The investigating authority may receive several other docs [documents] or material or evidence...Read more

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