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Co-Founder of the AltNews, Mohammad Zubair has moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to quash six FIRs filed against him in the State of Uttar Pradesh in connection with his tweets.

The FIRs have been lodged at Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, and two at Hathras over his allegedly 'controversial' tweets.

The plea has further challenged the Special Investigation Team constituted by the Uttar Government to investigate the cases registered.

In the Sitapur case, Zubair had allegedly called Bajrang Muni a 'hate monger' and insulted Yati Narsinghanand and Anand Swaroop in his tweets. He was sent to judicial custody by the local court. 

However, the apex court granted him interim bail of five days. The order was passed in a plea by the Alt News co-founder challenging Allahabad High Court’s order refusing to quash this First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him over his tweet.

The Top Court had asked Zubair not to post any further tweets or tamper with evidence. Moreover, it also clarified that its order pertains only to the Sitapur case and not any other case. Moreover, a local court in Sitapur has rejected Zubair's bail plea in this case.