: Alt News co-founder Zubair moves SC seeking quashing of FIR lodged against him in UP #IndiaNEWS #India New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing

Alt News co-founder Zubair moves SC seeking quashing of FIR lodged against him in UP #IndiaNEWS #India
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of six FIR lodged against him in several districts of Uttar Pradesh.
In his fresh plea, Zubair has also sought interim bail in all six cases.
The plea of Zubair has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the UP government to probe the six cases.
It said that all the six FIRs filed in UP that have been transferred to the SIT for investigation are the subject matter of the FIR which is being probed by the Delhi police special cell.
In the alternative prayer, the plea drafted by advocate Vrinda Grover, Soutik Banerjee, Devika Tulsiani, and Mannat Tipnis and filed through advocate Aakarsh Kamra, also sought clubbing of six FIRs with the FIR lodged in Delhi and has been arrested by the police.
On July 12, the Uttar Pradesh Police constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for a transparent and expeditious probe into cases lodged against Zubair in various districts of the state.
The SIT is headed by Inspector General (Prisons) Preetinder Singh while IG Amit Verma will be its member.
Separate FIRs have been lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, and Hathras districts on charges of allegedly hurting religious feelings, making sarcastic remarks on news anchors, disrespecting Hindu gods, and inflammatory posts.
The top court had till further orders granted interim bail to Zubair in a case lodged against him in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments.
The accused has sought quashing of FIR lodged in Sitapur saying no case is made out against him. His plea against the Sitapur FIR is listed for hearing on September 7 before the top court.
Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets.
The Delhi Police has invoked new provisions sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act against Zubair.
Meanwhile, a Delhi court Thursday reserved the order on the bail plea filed by Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable tweet�? he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity for Friday On July 1, the Delhi High Court sought a response from Delhi Police on Zubairs plea challenging the legality of his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The matter is listed for hearing before the High Court on July 27.
On July 8, a vacation bench of the top court had granted five-day interim bail to Zubair in the case lodged at Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh and subsequently, on July 12 it was extended till further orders.