Advocate Anoop Prakash Awasthi, representing Upadhyay, advised the Court docket at this time that the Ghaziabad Police has sought a digital footprint from X for a interval from June 1, 2026.
“On the twenty sixth, I used to be knowledgeable by X at its California headquarters that there’s a request made by the investigating division, Felony Investigation Division of Ghaziabad Police, to supply his whole digital footprint from June 1, 2026,” Awasthi stated.
He contended that such data has nothing to do with the street rage incident in reference to which the Ghaziabad police had registered an FIR. The street rage incident came about on August 18, a lot later than June 1, Awasthi identified.
However, the digital footprint/ data sought appeared to narrate to the interval throughout which Upadhyay was gathering materials for his stories on the alleged theft of Ram Mandir donations, stated Awasthi.
Subsequently, the disclosure of such data might expose Upadhyay’s journalistic sources to the State equipment, Awasthi advised the Court docket.
“Digital footprints being sought from June 1, 2026 up until date. That’s the week when he truly collected the proof to interrupt the story of Ram Mandir donation theft. I’m in search of permission to maneuver an software as a result of if that’s disclosed, the whole supply might be on the mercy of the State equipment and they are going to be harassed,” Awasthi submitted.
The Court docket stated that it’s going to look at these considerations.
