Mohammed Zubair: India’s Supreme Court grants bail to fact-checker, says arrest powers must be used ‘sparingly’
Zubair was arrested by Delhi police on 27 June following a complaint by an anonymous Twitter user
India’s Supreme Court has granted interim bail to fact-checker and journalist Mohammed Zubair, who was arrested last month days after he brought international attention to controversial remarks made by a former spokesperson for prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
On Wednesday, the court granted interim bail to the fact-checker in all six cases registered against him in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. It added that all the cases would be probed by the Delhi police, where a legal complaint was first registered against him last month.
It also said that any future cases would also be investigated by the Delhi police.
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