India journalist Mohammed Zubair arrested for 2018 Twitter post

Police in the Indian capital have arrested journalist Mohammed Zubair on charges of hurting religious sentiments for a tweet he posted in 2018.

Media reports say Zubair, co-founder of Fact-Checking Website Alt news, was arrested on Monday evening in New Delhi and remanded for a day in police custody.

Zubair was arrested following a complaint by a Twitter handle this month, in which the concerned person alleged the 39-year-old Muslim journalist had insulted Hindus by commenting on the renaming of a hotel after the Hindu Monkey god hanuman.

His arrest came five days after Twitter received a request from the government claiming his account violated Indian laws.