Mithun Chakraborty's wallet not stolen, was misplaced, now has been found: BJP
Dhanbad: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday clarified that actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty’s wallet, which had sparked claims of being stolen during a rally in Jharkhand, was not stolen but misplaced and later found.
The incident occurred during Chakraborty's visit to the Nirsa assembly constituency, where he was campaigning in support of BJP candidate Aparna Sengupta.
A video circulating on social media had shown a party member asking the crowd to return Chakraborty’s wallet after it was reported missing. However, BJP's Dhanbad district president, Ghanshyam Grover, dismissed the theft allegations. "There was no such incident of pickpocketing. The purse was misplaced and later found," Grover told PTI.
Chakraborty has been at the center of multiple controversies, including two FIRs filed against him for allegedly making provocative statements during a BJP event in Salt Lake area near Kolkata last month.
Vote counting for the elections in Jharkhand is scheduled for November 23.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
