Twitter Account That Led To Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair's Arrest Does Not Exist Anymore

Mohammed Zubair was arrested for hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. Delhi Police said.

Fact-checker Mohammed Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday after an anonymous Twitter user flagged one of his tweets. The anonymous Twitter handle, '@balajikijaiin', does on exist on the microblogging platform.   

"We are trying to identify and trace the user of the Twitter account to ascertain the reason behind him or her deleting the account. However, we suspect that the person must be scared after the matter came to the limelight," a source in the Delhi police told PTI.

Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of the fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday  He has been charged with allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. He has been sent to police custody for four days.

According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zubair was arrested in connection with one of his tweets that had a questionable image with the purpose of deliberately insulting the god of a particular religion.