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Murder accused, 45, dies in police custody in Uttar Pradesh; kin allege torture

LUCKNOW: Raju Kumar, 45, who was named as an accused in an FIR lodged in Sitapur's Pisawan police station in connection with the murder of BSP worker Ram Lotan, died in police custody hours after he was picked up by the police in the district's Jignia village late on Wednesday.

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Three held for bid to lure Sitapur village residents into conversion

LUCKNOW: Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trying to lure the residents of a village in Sitapur to convert to Christianity.

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Uttar Pradesh: Sitapur man arrested for killing wife, cutting body into pieces

LUCKNOW: Sitapur police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the mystery behind the dismembered body of a woman found on November 8 after arresting her husband, who allegedly strangled her and cut her body into pieces before disposing of it in a fied with the help of a friend. His…

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Uttar Pradesh: Scolded for a brawl, class 12 boy in Sitapur shoots at school principal

LUCKNOW: Day after he was reprimanded for indiscipline, a class 12 student shot at his school principal Ram Singh Verma on the campus on Saturday in Sitapur. The incident was reported from Adarsh Inter College in Sadarpur police station area.

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UP Assembly: Akhilesh Yadav raised the issue of helpless father of Sitapur in Vidhan Sabha, his child could not get treatment even in Lucknow

During the second day of the monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav raised the issue of the helpless father of Sitapur, whose child could not get treatment even in the capital Lucknow. Read full story Dynamite News:

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Four killed, three dozen injured in U.P.'s Sitapur road accident

The injured were being treated at the local government hospital, said sources

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Supreme Court grants Zubair permission to seek quashing of Sitapur FIR at Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair permission to approach the Delhi High Court to quash an FIR lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur.

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Alt News' Mohammad Zubair granted liberty to move Delhi High Court for quashing of Sitapur FIR

Mohammad Zubair was given bail on July 20

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Supreme Court grants liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to move Delhi HC for quashing of Sitapur FIR

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to approach the Delhi High Court for quashing of the FIR lodged against him at Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India

NL Interview with Zubair: ‘They said India is so poor, why would anyone donate to you for fact-checking?’

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SC directs UP police not to take precipitative action against Mohammad Zubair in FIRs till July 20

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh police not to take any precipitative action against fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in any of the FIRs filed in the state till July 20. Read more on Dynamite News

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SC asks Uttar Pradesh to not take any action against Zubair without its nod

Bench has said the ‘vicious cycle’ of cases filed by the State Police against the Alt News co-founder for his tweets seem to have ‘similar content’

The Hindu

Zubair urges Supreme Court to quash six FIRs against him in Uttar Pradesh

The fact-checker has also challenged formation of Special Investigation Team by the police to investigate cases

The Hindu

SC extends Zubair's interim bail in Sitapur case, next hearing on 7 September

On 8 July , a vacation bench of the Apex Court had granted Zubair interim bail in the case for five days. Must read further on Dynamite News:

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Court adjourns Zubair’s bail hearing in Delhi case, SC extends interim bail in UP case

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair’s bail plea – linked to an FIR filed in Delhi – has been adjourned and will now be heard on July 14, while his interim bail in another case filed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur has been extended till September 7.

The Hindu

Supreme Court extends interim bail granted to Mohammed Zubair in case registered in Sitapur

Uttar Pradesh has sought time to file a counter-affidavit to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair petition rubbishing the charges against him as ‘absurd’.

The Hindu

Now Lakhimpur police to seek Alt News Zubair’s custody

A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri has summoned Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in a case registered on the charge of promoting enmity

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UP police issue warrant for Zubair in case filed by Sudarshan News staffer

The Uttar Pradesh police have issued a warrant for Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, hours after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in another case registered in UP’s Sitapur. Zubair is accused of promoting enmity between two religious groups through a tweet he made last year.

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Zubair insulted ‘respected religious leader’ Bajrang Muni's followers: UP police argue in Supreme Court

Mohammed Zubair got interim bail from the Supreme Court on Friday, but the Alt News cofounder will stay in custody. In a separate case, the court provided Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan protection from coercive police action.

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Zubair granted interim bail for 5 days by Supreme Court over UP police FIR

The interim bail to Zubair was granted for 5 days on the condition that he will not post any fresh tweets on the issue related to the case and not leave the jurisdiction of the Sitapur Magistrate's court. Read more on Dynamite News

The Hindu

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Mohammed Zubair in Sitapur case

The Alt News co-founder however, is in judicial custody on orders of a Delhi court in a separate case

The Hindu

Zubair denied bail in U.P. case, sent to six days in police custody

Court notes that it ‘seems important to seize mobile phone’ the journalist used for tweet

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UP police granted seven-day custody of Alt News cofounder Zubair

A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur has granted the UP police custody of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair until July 14.

The Times of India

UP: Now, Sitapur court remands Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

LUCKNOW: Delhi Police on Monday brought Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Sitapur in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweet on Mahant Bajrang Muni, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati and Swami Anand Swaroop.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Police bring Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair from Tihar, produce him in Sitapur court

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