Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari has told the Karnataka High Court that he is ready to appear before the Uttar Pradesh Police within 24 hours, regarding tweets about the assault of a Muslim man in Ghaziabad, provided that they do not arrest him.

According to a report by ndtv.com, his lawyer has said that the Uttar Pradesh Police have to give an undertaking. If UP Police gives an undertaking to the court that they will not arrest me, I am ready to appear before the police in Ghaziabad within 24 hours," he said on Tuesday.

"We don't want to arrest Manish Maheshwari... we just need his co-operation in the investigation." the UP Police have responded.

"Manish Maheshwari was summoned only as a representative of Twitter. Nothing more... nothing less... Not to arrest him. All we want to know is who is the in-charge of Twitter in India... nothing else. Notice to Manish Maheshwari was also for the same," it added.

According to the report, the court demanded to know if UP Police had conducted preliminary inquiries to establish Twitter India's connection to the case. "When I make an allegation against X for omission or commission, that must be mentioned. Is there anything to show omission by Twitter India? Is it capable of removing the content?" the court asked.

"That is a matter of investigation," UP Police responded.

The Ghaziabad Police had on June 15 booked Twitter Inc, Twitter Communications India, news website The Wire, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, besides Congress leaders Salman Nizami, Maskoor Usmani, Shama Mohamed and writer Saba Naqvi.

They were booked over the circulation of a video in which the elderly man, Abdul Shamad Saifi, claims he was allegedly thrashed by some young men who also asked him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' on June 5.

The police claim the video was shared to cause communal unrest.

Later, the Karnataka High Court restrained Ghaziabad police from initiating coercive action against Maheshwari.