Hyderabad, May 22 -- The Allahabad High Court, on Thursday, May 22, refused to quash a case filed against Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair regarding his X posts against Hindutva firebrand and head priest of the Dasna Devi, Yati Narsinghanand's, alleged Islamophobic and hate speeches against Indian Muslims.

The bench, comprising Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, stressed the need for a fair investigation.

However, in some relief to Zubair, the high court extended interim protection but disallowed him to travel abroad while the investigation is ongoing.

The case pertains to October 2024, when Udita Tyagi, an associate of Yati Narsinghanand, filed a complaint with the Ghaziabad police a...