Twitter account that alerted police about Zubair’s tweet ‘vanishes’

New Delhi: The Twitter account that alerted Delhi Police regarding Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s ‘objectionable’ post no longer exists on the social media platform.
As per the FIR copy of the case, accessed by IANS, the account, Hanuman Bhakt, bore the username @balajikijaiin.
Zubair, 33, is currently in police custody and is being questioned over one of his objectionable tweets which he posted in 2018.
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According to the FIR, Zubair had used a screengrab of an old Hindi movie which showed an image of a hotel, with its board reading ‘Hanuman hotel’ instead of ‘Honeymoon hotel’.
In his tweet, Zubair had written: “BEFORE 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. After 2014: Hanuman Hotel”.