HC continues stay on Delhi Metro employees' proposed strike
New Delhi, July 6 : In a major relief to lakhs of commuters, the Delhi High Court on Friday extended its interim order restraining a section of Delhi Metro employees from going on strike over demands related to pay hike and promotions.
Hearing a Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) plea, Justice Pratibha Rani restrained the staff council members from going on strike till further order and asked them to file a response. The court listed the matter for further hearing on September 4.
On June 29, the high court restrained a section of the Metro employees from going on strike.
DMRC is in dispute with its non-executive employees over pay scales and arrears. The 9,000 employees in the category had warned of a strike from June 30 if their demands were not met.
This workforce consists of station controllers, drivers, technicians and other maintenance staff who facilitate day-to-day operations of the Metro.
These employees held a symbolic protest from June 19 onwards by holding sit-ins at platforms, wearing black armbands and boycotting lunch and rest hours. They threatened to go on total strike from June 30.
The bone of contention, the employees said, is a 2007 DMRC rule through which the corporation had come up with two pay scales for executive and non-executive staff, entitling the former to pay grades or scales given to 'Schedule A' public sector units and a lower and different grade for the latter.
As per a compromise struck between the employees and the DMRC on July 23, 2017, the corporation was to carry out some modifications in the pay grade and grant the protesting employees their arrears from July 1, 2015. However, the deal fell through.
Delhi Metro ferries about 27 lakh passengers every working day.
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Mohd Zubair files police complaint over doxxing, death threats, communal targeting on social media
Bengaluru: Noted fact-checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair has filed a formal police complaint with the Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Bengaluru, seeking urgent action against social media users who have allegedly disclosed his residential address, phone number, and other personal details online. The complaint also accuses them of issuing veiled threats, inciting mob violence, and targeting him on communal grounds.
Zubair, known for debunking fake news and misinformation, stated in his complaint that he has been subjected to repeated online abuse and threats due to his work. He particularly highlighted a tweet by the handle @Cyber\_Huntss, posted on May 12, 2025, at 12:27 PM, which suggested delivering pork to Zubair’s house, an act clearly intended to insult his religious identity. Though the tweet was later deleted, Zubair has submitted screenshots along with the archived version of the tweet in the complaint.
In addition to this, Zubair named two other users, @AmirLadka and @nationfirst1223, who allegedly posted images containing his PAN card number, phone number, and address, further amplifying the threat to his personal safety. Screenshots of these tweets have also been attached to the complaint. The tweets were reportedly accompanied by comments encouraging others to save the information before it was deleted, implying a deliberate and coordinated act of doxxing.
“This is the second time such an incident has taken place,” Zubair wrote in his complaint, recalling a similar episode in April 2023 where he had previously reported @Cyber\_Huntss for sharing his personal address along with communally charged language. That earlier complaint was acknowledged by the police (Reference No: 527/2023) but was eventually closed with a 'C Report', which Zubair terms as unjustified.
The current complaint argues that the recent leaks of personal information are not isolated incidents but part of a sustained campaign to incite violence against him. He stated that his Muslim identity has been specifically targeted, pointing to the references to pork, an item forbidden in Islam and called the attacks part of a larger pattern of communal intimidation.
Zubair urged the authorities to register an FIR under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 196, 197(d), 351, 352, 353 and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 200. He also requested police protection for himself and his family, citing serious concerns for their safety.
In a parallel post on X (formerly Twitter), Zubair wrote, "People have leaked my home address and mobile number and have threatened to send pork to my address. There are already life threats against me. This isn't the first time. The same person in 2023 had sent pork to my address and shared the shipping address on Twitter. I have filed a complaint before @DCPEASTBCP. Trust that @CPBlr @DgpKarnataka takes this threat seriously at least this time. Last time when I filed a complaint, the FIR was closed after a few months." Zubair also tagged CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar in his X post.
People have leaked my home address and Mobile Number and have threatened to send Pork to my address. There are already life threats against me. This isn't the first time. The same person in 2023 had sent Pork to my address and shared the shipping address on Twitter. I am have… pic.twitter.com/GJAhrWuCBg
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 12, 2025
Here are the tweets by right wing sharing my personal address and Mobile number. There's a threat to me and my family staying at that address. pic.twitter.com/MU0HYNhfnJ
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 12, 2025
Here's one more Online threat to... pic.twitter.com/KdtvjRrFwW
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 12, 2025
Zubair concluded his complaint by warning that failure to take timely action would not only put his life in danger but also embolden perpetrators and create a chilling effect on other journalists and fact-checkers working to counter misinformation.
