In August 2020, two FIRs were registered against Mohammad Zubair in the POCSO case in Delhi and Raipur. The complaint was filed by Priyank Kanungo, Chairman, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), with reference to a tweet by Zubair, which he posted on 6 August 2020 in response to a derogatory message from a Twitter user named Jagdish Singh . , Apparently, replying to Singh, Zubair used his performance picture which featured a little girl, who was probably Singh’s granddaughter. Zubair smeared his face in the image and posted it on his Twitter account with the caption reading,
“Hello Jagdish Singh, does your lovely granddaughter know about your part time job of abusing people on social media? I suggest you change your profile picture.”
NCPCR accused Zubair of stalking a minor girl on Twitter. In September 2020, Zubair was granted interim protection from arrest by the Delhi High Court. A similar order was passed by the Chhattisgarh High Court in October 2020.
Nupur Sharma’s derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad highlighted
In May 2022, during a TV debate on the channel Times Now, BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma made controversial remarks about Prophet Muhammad. Nupur Sharma was heavily criticized by the Muslim community after Zubair posted a video clip of his derogatory remarks on his Twitter account. Subsequently, Sharma claimed that he was receiving rape threats from several social media users due to Zubair’s tweet, which led to communal hatred and hatred against him and his family.
Labeling Mahant Bajrang Muni as ‘indifferent’, Yeti Narasimhananda, and Swami Anand Swarup as ‘haters’
In early June 2022, an FIR was registered against Zubair in Uttar Pradesh for hurting religious sentiments on Twitter by calling Mahant Bajrang Muni ‘indifferent’, Yeti Narasimhanand and Swami Anand Swarup as “haters”. The FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint by the chief of Sitapur unit of Hindu Sher Sena Bhagwan Sharan. Zubair was booked by Khairabad police in Sitapur under IPC sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form). case was registered under
objectionable tweet on hanuman ji
On 27 June 2022, he was arrested by the Delhi Police in a case related to an objectionable tweet on Lord Hanuman posted in 2018. Zubair was booked under sections 153A (promoting enmity between religious groups) and 295 (injuring or desecrating a place of worship). , with intent to insult the religion of any class) of the IPC. In his tweet in 2018, Zubair posted a still from the 1983 Hindi film ‘Kissi Se Na Kehna’, along with a caption that read,
Before 2014: Honeymoon Hotels
2014 onwards: Hanuman Hotel
#sanskarihotel
A Twitter handle named Hanuman Bhakt @balajikijaiiin shared Zubair’s tweet with the caption,
@Delhi Police linking our lord hanuman ji with honey moon is a direct insult to hindus as he is celibate @DCP_CC_Delhi please take action against this man”
On 28 June 2022, Zubair was sent to 4 days police custody.
