![]() ![]() Zubair has often been the target of abuse by the Hindutva right-wing, who have also filed criminal cases against him. Their fact-checks helped counter the disinformation and also led to criminal cases being filed against Uttar Pradesh BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao, Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, right-wing website OpIndia’s editor Nupur Sharma and CEO Rahul Roushan, and a few YouTubers and Twitter handles. Several fact-checkers, including Zubair, called out ‘fake’ or unrelated videos being used to falsely claim that migrant workers in Tamil Nadu were being attacked. In recent weeks, several right-wing social media pages, BJP leaders and certain mainstream news channels had falsely claimed that migrant labourers, particularly from Bihar, were being lynched in Tamil Nadu. We need him more than ever now to continue the TRUTH TELLING. ![]() There is a very direct threat to his life.Ĭan we ignore such threats? India can’t afford to lose him. Zubair also told The Wire that he had received threats earlier, but this time the threats were angrier and more explicit. Pratik Sinha, co-founder of Alt News, said that they’re still in consultation with their lawyers and figuring out the correct legal course.Įarlier, Zubair tweeted to say that while he largely ignored or laughed off the torrent of abuse he receives, the flurry of tweets by people about “physically harming & finishing me” had increased after Alt News busted fake propaganda about murderous attacks on migrant Bihari workers in Tamil Nadu. ![]() “If Zubair approaches us, we will consider giving security based on the case.” “I am not aware of any death threat, no such information has come to me,” said Bengaluru police commissioner Pratap Reddy. Tweets by Ajeet Bharti threatening Zubair. In 2015, Mohammed Akhlaq was beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion of eating beef in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri district. Some users suggested lone wolf attacks and “Akhlaq” like treatment. This time he will be totally circumcised so much that he’ll need a pipe to urinate,” tweeted Bharti. The reference being the demon king, slain by Narasimha, an avatar of Lord Vishnu on Holi.Īmong those who issued threats against Zubair are right-wing columnist Harshil Mehta and former OpIndia editor Ajeet Bharti. In yet another threat, a verified user responded with “make him feel the fate of Hiranyakashapu”. Another replied that “whoever sees **** should do the needful”. One user replied in Hindi, “Zubair ******** will be shot in the ******one day.” One handle said, “he deserves sʈʂj” (STSJ being an abbreviation, a cryptic reference to the inflammatory slogan to urge beheadings). The reply section of this tweet – that accuses Zubair of ruining the life of “a Brahmin woman” that led to the “beheadings of six Hindus” – is rife with numerous death threats. In another instance, a Supreme Court lawyer named Shashank Shekhar Jha tweeted that he would never forgive Zubair. ![]()
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