The incident was uncovered on July 30 when the Uttar Pradesh Police control room received an email from an account named K Ahmed ([email protected]). However, upon investigation, it was discovered that Gopesh had stolen his neighbour Ahmed’s phone to send the email.
The official X handle of the DCP City Agra took to social media to share the details of the matter.
🔶#थाना_शाहगंज, #सर्विलांस व #एसओजी की संयुक्त पुलिस टीम द्वारा आगरा एयरपोर्ट व आगरा कैंट रेलवे स्टेशन को RDX से उड़ाने की धमकी (ई-मेल के माध्यम से) देने वाले अभियुक्त को किया गया गिरफ्तार।
— DCP CITY AGRA (@DCPCityAgra) August 1, 2024
🔶 अभियुक्त के कब्जे से 03 मोबाइल फोन बरामद।
बाइट~ @DCPCityAgra #UPPolice pic.twitter.com/V62NAnOQlx
Explaining the circumstances why Gopesh tried to implicate Ahmed in the case, the DCP City Agra said, “He wanted to implicate Ahmed because he was continuously harassing his sister on Instagram. Despite being told not to harass her, Ahmed continued with his behaviour, following which the accused stole his phone and sent a hoax email to UP Police of bombing the Agra airport.”
“In a bid to frame Ahmed, Gopesh also sent threatening emails to the police in Shimla and Delhi, but no action was taken. Hoping that the Uttar Pradesh Police would respond more forcefully, he sent the bomb threat to us,” the police officer added.
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, notorious for carrying out ‘fact-checks’ that align with his agenda, shared the issue on X, formerly known as Twitter, but left out crucial details.
“UP Police Agra control room got an email threatening a bomb attack at Agra airport, railway station. The anonymous email ( in the name of K Ahmed
Email: [email protected] ) claimed that 50 kilograms of RDX would be placed at Agra Airport. Police have now arrested 21-year-old Gopesh from Rajasthan for threatening to blow up Agra Railway station and Airport,” Zubair tweeted.
“Gopesh first stole Ahmed’s phone, created an email id and sent a threat email to Agra Police. He sent a threat email to UP police and not other states because he was confident UP police would quickly take action against Ahmed. Well done @agrapolice,” he further added along with the video of the DCP Agra City explaining the matter.
However, the critical detail that explained the motive behind framing Ahmed was conveniently left out by Zubair, in the absence of which his tweet tried to imply that a Hindu, out of religious zealotry, targeted a Muslim neighbour while the case was about a boy trying to ‘frame’ his neighbour who was constantly harassing his sister on Instagram.
This was, of course, omitted by Zubair in his tweet, keeping his more than 1 million X followers in the dark about the motive that drove the Class 10 student to send a hoax bomb threat email in his neighbour’s name. Even though Zubair explained in excruciating detail the sequence of events that led to the arrest of the Class 10 student by Agra Police, he left out crucial details of how Ahmed harassing the accused’s sister on Instagram drove him to ‘frame’ him in the matter.
Mohammed Zubair shared an incomplete video to dog whistle Islamists against Nupur Sharma
Such subterfuge is a hallmark of Zubair’s online persona, where he often leaves out critical details to target individuals who dare to raise their voices against Islamism and Muslim hegemony. In 2022, Mohammed Zubair dog whistled against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over an incomplete video from her response on a Times Now debate.
Sharma was part of a debate panel on Times Now, discussing the finding of Shivling in the Gyanvapi complex and the subsequent mockery of the Hindu Gods and Goddesses that followed in the wake of the discovery. Islamists had claimed that the Shivling discovered inside the wuzukhana of the Gyanvapi disputed structure was not a Shivling but a fountain. Across social media platforms, detractors had repeated ad nauseam that the Shivling found inside the Gyanvapi premises was a fountain and not an idol of a Hindu God.
In response to the contempt and scorn poured over Hindu Gods and Goddesses, which was evident even during the Times Now debate where some of the fellow panellists referred to the Shivling as a fountain, BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma asked them to refrain from insulting Hindu Gods and cited Islamic scriptures and Holy Quran for substantiating her remarks on Prophet Muhammad and Islam. Zubair shared an incomplete video of the debate, touching off Sar Tan Se Juda protests all over the country.
Umesh Kolhe, Kanhaiya Lal killed by Islamists for expressing solidarity with Nupur Sharma
At least 2 people were killed following the controversy. The ominous hounding of Nupur Sharma prompted many to extend their support to her. Kanhaiya Lal from Udaipur, Umesh Kolhe in Amravati, and many others extended their solidarity with the beleaguered leader, voicing their support for her amid the death threats from Islamists.
And so, Lal was a marked man the moment he came out in support of Nupur Sharma. Islamists, provoked by Mohammed Zubair, dished out death threats to him for what they considered an unpardonable sin committed against the Prophet. And days later, the Hindu man was killed for something as trivial as just sharing a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma.
A similar fate befell Umesh Kolhe, a chemist living in Maharashtra’s Amravati, who was murdered by four Muslim assailants while he was returning from his pharmacy on the night of June 22. Kolhe, too, was murdered for his social media post supporting Nupur Sharma.
