Instagrammer shares post celebrating Nejaru murder, heroize accused as ‘world record breaker'
Udupi: A viral social media post shared in the instant image sharing platform, Instagram, celebrating the chilling quadruple murder in Nejaru has garnered widespread outrage from netizens. The viral Instagram story is seen portraying the accused as a ‘world-record breaker.’
The story in circulation was shared from an Instagram account identified as (Hindu_Mantra_) with a caption which stated "He killed 4 Muslims within 15 minutes and created a world record". In the post, the accused Praveen Chowgale was seen glorified with his photos being edited with a crown placed on his head. The malicious account holder, justifying his/her actions also mentioned that “No one has come to the issue of Udupi girls, therefore, we will not come to this issue either.''
At a time when the society is recovering from the brutal killing of four of the same family that has sent shockwaves across the entire state, this malicious post has now triggered massive outrage.
Upon running a scan on the platform, we found that this is not the first such malicious attempt, the account with around 1,585 followers has around 54 posts uploaded and most of them were found to be having hateful content, especially loathing and denigrating the Muslim community.
Meanwhile a case has been lodged against the Instagram user at the Udupi CEN (Cyber, Economics and Narcotics) station.
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Bodies of 3 cousins recovered from forest in Jharkhand's Hazaribag
Hazaribag (PTI): Bodies of two young women and a man were found in Pauta forest in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Monday, police said.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Hazaribag headquarters, Amit Kumar Anand told PTI that after investigation, the bodies were identified as Mohammed Adil (25), a native of Katkamdag, Shania Perven (19) of Lohsingha and Khushi Perven (21) of Hazaribag Mufassil.
"All the deceased were cousins, and their bodies have been sent for post-mortem at Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital," the police officer said.
The SDPO said that they were investigating the cause of the death and would wait for the post-mortem report.
A missing complaint was lodged about them on April 23, the officer added.
