Delhi Police officer admits he informed media incorrectly about Mohammed Zubair's bail plea

Commenting on the prevailing confusion over AltNews' co-founder Mohammed Zubair's judicial custody, senior Delhi Police officer KPS Malhotra admitted to incorrectly informing the media that Mohammed Zubair was sent to 14-day judicial custody over an "objectionable tweet" he had posted in 2018.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations) had said earlier in the day that Zubair's bail plea was rejected by a court, and he was sent to judicial custody.

"I had a word with my IO (investigating officer), I misheard it due to noise and inadvertently the message was posted in the broadcast," he said.


However, Zubair's lawyer Soutik Banerjee said the court was yet to pronounce its order.

"It is extremely scandalous and it speaks of the status of rule of law in our country today. That even before the judicial magistrate has sat and pronounced the order police have leaked the order to the media," he said.