Fact-Check Case: UP Sessions Court Dismisses Alt News Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair's Bail Application

A sessions court in Uttar Pradesh on July 16 denied Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair's bail application in a fact-checking case. The hearing on Zubair's police custody detention will take place on July 20, according to Zubair's lawyer, Harjit Singh. In September 2021, Zubair was summoned by a Lakhimpur Kheri court in connection with a charge brought against him by a journalist from a news station for a fact-check tweet.