While it is not a hidden fact that the India-Pakistan relationship has been strained for many years, the Islamic country's cricket team was welcomed wholeheartedly in Hyderabad. In fact, Pakistani skipper Babar Azam expressed that he did not expect that the Pakistan Cricket Team would be welcomed on such a cordial note. However, a Pakistani presenter Zainab Abbas found herself in legal trouble and a centre of social media criticism after her 'anti-hindu' tweets resurfaced.
Zainab Abbas who was in India as an ICC's cricket presenter mainly for Pakistan Cricket Team was deported by the authorities after a case was filed against her for spilling venom against India and Hindus on social media. Zainab Abbas is currently in Dubai after being deported from India. As per reports, Zainab Abbas was earlier involved in cybercrime and her old tweets criticising India and also the Hindu religion had gone viral.
Zainab Abbas' legal trouble
A Supreme Court lawyer Vineet Jindal on October 5, 2023, said that he has filed a cyber complaint against Pakistani cricket presenter Zainab Abbas after her old anti-Hindu and anti-India X posts went viral.
In his complaint dated 4th October, Jindal stated that Zainab Abbas has made anti-India and Hinduphobic statements. Taking to X, advocate Vineet Jindal informed about the complaint filed with the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police. He requested that an FIR be filed against Zainab Abbas under sections 153A,295,506,121 IPC, and sec67 IT Act for making disparaging remarks about Hinduism and for anti-India statements. Moreover, the advocate demanded that the Pakistani presenter be removed from the list of presenters for the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup.
It is pertinent to mention here that Zainab Abbas tweets are going viral on social media. In one of her tweets, Zainab Abbas was seen mocking Hindu Goddess Kali.