Congress leaders visit Oscar Fernandes in hospital
Mangaluru, July 22: Senior Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar on Thursday visited former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes, who is admitted to a hospital here, to enquire about his health condition.
Fernandes was hospitalized after suffering a fall while practicing Yoga.
Later addressing reporters, Siddaramaiah said doctors have said they will determine the future course of treatment after observing his condition for two to three days.
"I only pray that he recovers soon. Oscar Fernandes is a respected senior leader of the party.
He has huge followers and fans, and they are also praying for him," he said.
Shivakumar, who is the President of Karnataka unit of the Congress, said doctors are confident that he will recover.
He said he had spoken to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and apprised them of the treatment being made available to Fernandes.
"The entire party is praying for his recovery. He is a disciplined politician.
During this time, we have postponed party meetings," he said.
Earlier in the day, former Home minister G Parameshwar arrived at Yenepoya hospital to visit the senior leader.
Since two days, Congress leaders and supporters have offered prayers for the speedy recovery of Fernandes.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
