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Here's what happened:

- Nupur Sharma, spokesperson of the governing party (BJP) mocks Prophet Mohammed on National TV saying that he had sex with a 9 year old. She then justifies it saying she was quoting the Hadith (Islamic religious texts).

- ZooBear on Twitter brings attention to the issue, via his channel AltNews

- India gets international condemnation, Gulf countries are pissed

- India apologizes to various Gulf countries and calls Nupur Sharma a "fringe element"

- Muslims in India are still very, very angry. There are widespread calls to behead Nupur Sharma.

- Two people get murdered (one beheaded and the video streamed) for supporting Nupur Sharma on Social Media

- Now it's Hindus' turn to be pissed; they want ZooBear arrested (using whatever laws they can find)

- They dig up ZooBear's own old social media posts, file cases against him using blasphemy laws, and he gets arrested

- The govt is pissed too; so they try to lock ZooBear up under various laws, such as laws pertaining to how international donations need to be accounted

- The police ask RazorPay to hand over a list of people who have donated to AltNews, under Section 91 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure

- They comply.

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