Five Foreign national students at Gujarat University suffered severe injuries following a late-night brawl at the campus said Police.
Advocate Chandni Shah wrote a complaint letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner on Sunday for legal action to be taken against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for proliferating misinformation and encouraging communal unrest.
‘Zubair attempted to encourage communal violence by deliberately spreading misinformation and wrong facts concerning the Gujarat University clash over namaz in a public place’, alleged Chandni Shah.
Advocate Shah tweeted on X (formerly Twitter), shared the complaint letter e-mailed to the Delhi Police Commissioner requesting the Police to file an FIR under many sections including 295A in connection with the Namaz row incident in Gujarat University including foreign students.
“Filed a complaint with @CPDelhi, @DelhiPolice against Md. Zubair @zoo_bear for attempt to incite communal unrest by deliberate dissemination of misinformation and incomplete facts. At such times when the country is preparing for the Loksabha Elections and is already fighting with misinformation being spread on CAA, we cannot afford another misinformation that has the potential to create communal unrest in any part or whole of the country. #ArrestZubair”, tweeted Shah.
The lawyer has sought an urgent complaint in the four-page complaint letter to Delhi CP against Mohammed Zubair for spreading misinformation and encouraging communal unrest.
Advocate Chandni Shah states, “I hereby lodge a formal complaint against Mr. Mohammed Zubair (@Zoo_bear on “X”) who claims to be an Independent Fact Checker and runs a portal called ALT NEWS, for the deliberate dissemination of misinformation through social media that could potentially incite communal unrest and affect the public order, especially with the impending Lok Sabha Elections.”
Shah refers to Zubair’s 17th March 2024 post on X in which he wrote, “A Student from Afghanistan while speaking to a journalist from @NewsCapitalGJ says, ‘15 Muslim students were praying Namaz inside the Hostal premise in A-Block. Three persons came and asked them not to offer Namaz. After completing their prayers, When the students asked what’s their problem with Namaz, The goons asked them to chant religious slogans and left, After sometime, They came back with at least 200-250 people, pelted stones at them, they were carrying knife and sticks, They pelted stones, broke our bikes, laptops, phones, AC, sound system etc.. Many students are injured but 5-6 students are admitted in hospital, 2 from Africa, 1 from Bangladesh, 1 from Srilanka, 1 from Uzbekistan and 1 from Afghanistan’. When asked if they complained to police, The student responds, ‘No we did not, The police was already here, They allowed the goons to go, They did not stop them, Whats the use of complaining, We are not safe here, We request Gujarat University to shift us to a safe place. #Gujarat University. (sic)”
According to the complaint letter, Zubair’s post depicted the incident incorrectly involving a group of students at Gujarat University. It alleged, ‘This tweet is not only inaccurate but also seemingly intended to provoke communal disharmony’.
According to the complaint letter, ‘Advocate Shah, has attached video evidence that contradicts the narrative presented by Mr. Zubair. It states that the videos showcase the series of events without any form of bias’.
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