ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Zainab Abbas deported from India over old anti-Hindu tweets - Reports

Pakistan news channel Samaa TV reported that Zainab Abbas is currently in Dubai.

Pakistan presenter Zainab Abbas, who was in India for covering the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, has been reportedly deported from the country after her old tweets resurfaced. In those posts on Twitter, now X, Abbas made several derogatory remarks about Hindus in India.

As per Samaa TV report, she was asked to leave the country as she had been earlier involved in cybercrime and her old tweets criticizing India and also the Hindu religion. Zainab Abbas is said to be currently in Dubai.

An Indian lawyer, Vineet Jindal had filed a complaint with the BCCI recently against the 35-year-old sports presenter after some anti-hindu tweets from her resurfaced online. He also shared the alleged tweets made by her from her previous X account @zainablovessrk.

The lawyer alleged that these offensive tweets, believed to have been posted approximately nine years ago, were originally shared using the username “Zainablovesrk.” It is worth noting that Zainab has updated her X account to “ZAbbas Official,” and this account remains her active profile.

He wrote: "Complaint letter sent by @vineetJindal19 to @BCCI and @HMOIndia seeking removal of Zainab Abbas @ZAbbasOfficial as the presenter at the  ICC  World Cup 2023 for her derogatory and provocative posts against Bharat and Hindu Dharma. “Athiti devo bhava” only for those who respect our country & Hindu Dharma but Anti Bharatiya are not welcome on Our Land."

Vineet Jindal shares old tweets of Zainab Abbas in which she posted vile remarks about India and Hindus

Apart from this, Jindal also shared her old tweets in which Abbas has allegedly made vile remarks on Indians and Hindus as well.

Zainab Abbas has categorically denied the allegations and maintains that she has been unjustly targeted. Sources close to her assert that she has been falsely accused and that her past social media activity was taken out of context. They argue that Zainab's tweets from years ago were unrelated to her work as a presenter and should not have led to her deportation from India.