Communal Clash

The Ministry of Electronics & IT today summoned executives from Wikipedia to explain fake information on cricketer Arshdeep Singh's page. Notably, as per information, Singh has been linked to the separatist Khalistani movement, which is disturbing and can cause a communal clash. Furthermore, Minsitry's high-level panel is likely to quiz the executives of the crowdsourced digital encyclopaedia on precautionary check, and might issue a show… read-more

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Lakhimpur court, on July 11. Zubair's bail plea is scheduled to be heard on July 13. Zubair was arrested on June 28 over his tweet, which allegedly hurts religious sentiments. Furthermore, the court has also ordered Zubair to refrain from posting anything of social media.

In various states, the police arrested over 400 people involved in the violent protests held amid remarks on Prophet Mohammed. On June 13,  authorities said, amongst all arrested, 316 were from eight UP districts and 100 were arrested in West Bengal. In addition, the Ranchi police registered 25 FIRs against "thousands" of people for stone-pelting and violence. In many regions, section 144 was imposed and the internet was suspended.

In Gujarat's Himmatnagar region, a violent communal clash broke out on the night of April 11. The police detained four people after members of two different communities engaged in stone-pelting.  Happened in the Vanzaravas area, the incident is the second such communal violence in Himmatnagar. The videos of the incident went viral on social media. SP Vishalkumar Vaghela registered a case and is investigating the matter.