PRAYAGRAJ, May 23 -- The Allahabad high court on Thursday refused to quash an FIR against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair over his tweets (X posts) on Yati Narsinghanand's 'derogatory' speech. The court, however, extended the interim protection from arrest during the course of the investigation.

Disposing of a writ petition filed by Zubair, a division bench comprising justices Siddhartha Varma and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava passed this order, as it observed that a fair probe was required in the matter. The court also restrained Zubair from leaving the country pending investigation.

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