Abhishek Upadhyay , an independent journalist who flagged the alleged misappropriation of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple donations , urgently approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) claiming the Uttar Pradesh Police is trying to unearth his digital footprint from June 1, 2026 in a bid to identify his sources.
The lawyer alleged that the police efforts were to unearth his client’s sources and to harass them. He urged the court to protect his client and his work from the State. The court has already granted protection to Mr. Subsequently, the court had ordered the police to provide Mr.
Upadhyay from any coercive action in an order passed on August 25. Upadhyay with the copies of the FIR and CCTV footage, and file a compliance report in the Supreme Court on the next date of hearing on September 7.
At one point, the CJI said that the police should be able to continue with their investigation. The senior advocate had on that day said the police had not even handed over to the journalist a copy of the FIR and CCTV footage in the road rage case.
Rai had submitted on behalf of his client.
“I do not want any other relief other than a fair investigation,” Mr. The court had said the interim protection granted in the road rage case would also extend to any other FIRs filed in the interregnum against Mr. Upadhyay in order to give him “breathing space and time”.
