New Delhi: Delhi Police said today that the Twitter user behind the arrest of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a Delhi-based real estate businessman. Police officials confirmed that he is a 36-year-old from Ajmer, Rajasthan.
While the name still remains a mystery, he was working under the name of ‘Hanuman Bhakt’. Police officials that there is no evidence of his affiliation with a political party. Police tracked him following a response from Twitter using the IP address and he was sent a formal notice to join the probe.
Mohammed Zubair was arrested on July 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a tweet against a Hindu deity in 2018. He remained in custody for 24 days on allegations of hate speech and is now out on bail. Officials investigating the case said the businessman said in his statement to the police that his religious sentiments were hurt.