Delhi police arrest Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair over tweet from 2018

Journalists demand release of the co-founder of the fact-checking website Alt News after he was accused of insulting Hindus

Delhi police have arrested the Muslim co-founder of a fact-checking website, accusing him of insulting religious beliefs on Twitter, a network of digital media organisations said, condemning it as an attempt to harass him for his journalism.

Mohammed Zubair, who co-founded Alt News and regularly tweets on rising marginalisation of the Muslim minority in the country, was arrested under two sections of a law related to maintaining religious harmony, said the DIGIPUB association.