The Uttar Pradesh authorities on Tuesday shaped a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the six instances filed in opposition to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in numerous components of the state. The SIT will examine the 2 instances lodged in opposition to Zubair in Hathras, and one every in Sitapur, Ghaziabad, Lakhimpur Kheri and Muzaffarnagar.
The SIT shaped by the UP authorities will comprise Inspector General Dr Preetinder Singh, at present posted at Department of Prisons Administration and Reform and Deputy Inspector General of Police Amit Verma, the UP Police mentioned in a press release. Preetinder, a 2004-batch IPS officer, has been made president of the SIT.
Zubair is at present lodged at Delhi’s Tihar jail. The instances in opposition to him embrace costs associated to hurting non secular sentiment for calling Hindu seers ‘hatemongers’, selling enmity, deceptive individuals on Twitter a few information channel, and making posts insulting to Hindu deities.
The native police might be handing over Zubair’s case recordsdata to the SIT crew, senior officers mentioned, including that the crew was shaped with a purpose to probe Zubair’s case in a clear method, reported The Indian Express. The police has not filed chargesheets in any of the instances associated to Zubair to this point.
The SIT might be taking help from the Additional Superintendent of Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Inspector-rank officers, police mentioned.
A Lakhimpur Kheri court docket on Monday had despatched Zubair to a 14-day judicial remand for allegedly selling enmity. The Supreme Court on Tuesday prolonged Zubair’s five-day interim bail until additional orders in reference to the Sitapur case. However, no reduction was in sight for Zubair as he continues to be in judicial custody at Delhi’s Tihar jail in reference to one other case in opposition to him.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”