Mohammad Zubair records statement over FIR lodged in Ghaziabad police station

GHAZIABAD (UP): Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair on Monday recorded his statement over an FIR lodged by the general secretary of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati Trust, Udita Tyagi, police said.

In her complaint, Tyagi had stated that Zubair provoked the Muslims through an inflammatory tweet due to which over hundreds of Muslims attacked Dasna Devi temple with an intention to kill Yati on October 3, Kavi Nagar ACP Abhishek Srivastava said.

The case was registered under sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 228 (fabricating false evidence), 299 (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 356(3) (defamation) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the BNS. PTI