While urging the court to reject Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s bail plea, Delhi Police on Saturday said his company had received donations from Pakistan, Syria and other Gulf countries.
Counsel for the Delhi Police informed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate that Pravda Media, the parent company of Alt News, of which Zubair is also a director, received over Rs 2 lakh through various transactions wherein either the mobile phone number or the IP address was of foreign countries.
“During the social media analysis, it was noticed that the Twitter handles which had supported Mohammad Zubair and had tweeted in support of Zubair after his arrest, were mostly from middle eastern countries like UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and countries like Pakistan,” the Delhi Police said.
In light of these findings, Zubair should not be granted bail under any circumstances, police argued.
Court was also informed that police has invoked new provisions – sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act – against Zubair.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police issued a statement with the analysis of a reply received from Razorpay, one of the payment gateways allegedly used for the foreign transactions under scrutiny.
