Etawah (UP) (PTI): A 12-year-old girl has been sent to a juvenile home, while her parents have been arrested after the minor allegedly posted a video on social media that contained derogatory remarks against Hindu deities, officials said on Tuesday.

The girl uploaded the one-minute video on a social media platform on October 27.

It soon went viral, sparking protests from Hindu organisations, which demanded strict action.

Taking note of the video, police launched an investigation and found that the girl had created the video with the knowledge of her parents -- Mohammad Shabbir alias Sabir and his wife Shameena -- and a Instagram friend named Asif, a resident of Azad Nagar Tila.

City Circle Officer (CO) Abhay Nath Rai said that during the probe, it was found that the video was intentionally created to gain followers and online income, leading to public anger and tension.

“Despite being aware of the act, the parents did not stop their daughter. An FIR has been registered against the girl, her parents and Asif under section 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religions, race, place of birth, caste or community) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Friends Colony police station on November 2,” Rai said.

Sub-Inspector Saurabh Singh, who is investigating the case, said the girl's parents have been arrested and sent to jail, while the girl has been placed under the care of a Child Welfare Officer and sent to a juvenile home.

During questioning, the girl told police that she made the video on the suggestion of her parents and Asif, who told her that such videos would increase her followers and bring her financial benefits.

Police said efforts are underway to trace and arrest Asif.

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New Delhi (PTI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday took a swipe at the "failed" US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan with an Urdu couplet, saying only god knows now what will happen.

"Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane; Na woh mane, na ye mane (only god knows what will happen now as both sides did not agree)," Tharoor said on X, tagging a post-talks video clip of US Vice President J D Vance, who led the American delegation at the negotiations in Islamabad.

The United States and Iran failed to reach a peace deal at their historic 21-hour talks in Pakistan, leaving the fate of a tenuous two-week ceasefire in doubt, with both sides attempting to hold each other responsible for the collapse of the negotiations.

Vance said the Iranian side did not accept Washington's terms for ending the war even as the US presented its "final and best offer".

Hours after the talks collapsed, US President Donald Trump said on social media that the negotiations with Tehran failed as "Iran is unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions".

Trump said the US Navy will actively interdict any vessel in international waters found to have paid tolls to Iran for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the head of the Iranian negotiation team, said it is for the US to decide whether it can "earn our trust or not".

The Iranian foreign ministry, without elaborating, said the US side resorted to "excessive" and "illegal demands".

The failure to reach an agreement has dimmed the prospect of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to stabilise the global energy marke