Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair was arrested by the IFSC unit of Delhi Police on Monday. Mohammad Zubair does a fact check and Nupur Sharma was in the news a lot since the episode. Mohammad Zubair had shared that clip of Nupur Sharma on social media, in which Nupur Sharma made objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammad. Nupur Sharma had alleged that she started receiving threats only after the video was shared by Zubair.
Nupur Sharma has been receiving threats ever since Mohd Zubair shared the purported video of Nupur Sharma, claimed Nupur Sharma. Nupur Sharma had accused Mohammad Zubair that the video which was shared by Mohammad Zubair was heavily edited and fake news was spread against him. He said that I had only read an excerpt from his religious book.
Nupur Sharma accused Mohammad Zubair and said that I had received more than 70,000 threats. If there is any loss to me, my family or my relative, then only Fake News peddler Mohammad Zubair will be responsible for it. Nupur Sharma had told that I have lodged a complaint with the Intelligence Department.
Let us inform that the Nupur Sharma controversy caught so much intensity that Arab countries summoned the ambassadors of India and lodged their protest. After this, the Bharatiya Janata Party suspended Nupur Sharma from the primary membership of the party till the completion of the investigation. Along with this, the media in-charge of BJP Delhi, Naveen Jindal was expelled from the party for 6 years.
Let us inform that on the basis of the complaint of a Twitter user, the Delhi Police had registered an FIR. Tagging the Delhi Police from the handle, it was alleged that Zubair has hurt her and legal action should be taken against her for hurting religious sentiments. Earlier this month, an FIR was registered against Zubair under sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295-A (malignant act, hurting religious sentiments) of the IPC.