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The Delhi High Court today directed the police not to take any coercive steps against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for threatening a minor girl on social media.
Mohammed Zubair approached the Delhi High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him, refuting the allegation levelled in the FIR as “an absolutely frivolous complaint”.
Bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna sought responses Delhi Police and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on the journalist’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR against him.
The Delhi Police had registered an FIR against Zubair on August 9 for offences under the Information Technology Act for allegedly “threatening and torturing” a girl child on Twitter.
The Delhi HC also directed Twitter India to provide all assistance to Delhi Police for the investigation asked Delhi Police and DCP Cyber Cell Anyesh Roy to file a status report within eight weeks. Ordered “No coercive action against the petitioner (Zubair) till then,”