Alt News’ Zubair sent to 14 days jc by Delhi court

A Delhi Court on Saturday dismissed bail application of journalist Md. Zubair and sent him to a 14-day judicial custody.
The Delhi Police is investigating Zubair, the co-founder of fact-check website Alt News, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
The police has submitted before the court that Zubair has received foreign funds in violation of the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act).
He has been accused of getting money via payment gateway Razorpay from Pakistan and other countries.
Police has added fresh charges against the journalist under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.
Zubair was arrested over a 2018 tweet for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. He was produced before the court after four days police custody that ended Saturday.
Delhi Police had requested for judicial custody of Zubair. His counsel requested grant of bail as the investigation was over.
Government counsel opposed the bail application and submitted that donations have come from Pakistan and Syria and Zubair is the director of Pravda Media and money was also received from Singapore, the UAE and Riyadh.
The prosecution submitted that the transactions needed to be probed as there might be Income Tax violations.
Defence counsel opposed saying that the money which is being alleged to be received in violation of the FCRA has not gone into Zubair’s account. All money had gone into the account of Pravda Media and it is not a crime to be the director of the firm.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Snigdha Sarvaria after hearing the arguments dismissed the bail application and ordered 14 days judicial custody for Zubair.
UNI