Mangaluru: 1725 Kgs of illegally stored explosive found, accused Anand Gatti arrested
Mangaluru: In an incident reported from the Mangaluru City Police jurisdiction, about 1725KGs of dangerous explosives were recovered stored in a room of Gandhi sons in Bunder locality in the city. The accused was arrested by police.
The accused has been identified as Anand Gatti, a resident of Mudipu in Bantwal Taluk of Dakshina Kannada.
400 KG Sulphur Powder, 350 KG Potassium Nitrate, 50 KG Barium nitrate, 395 KG Potassium Chloride, 260 KG various kind of Aluminum powder, 30 KG lead bullets, 240 KG Charcoal, 140 shotguns including 100 Air rails were seized by the police while arresting the accused.
The total value of the items seized is estimated to be 1.11 lacs rupees.
The local police led by DCP Law and Order Hariram Shankar raided the room based on a tip-off and made the recovery.
According to the reports, the accused Anand Gatti runs a gun shop in Bunder but his gun shop permit had nothing to do with the explosives found at the storage. Storage of explosives was illegal in the room and was a residential area.
Anand was produced before the court and was sent to 10-day custody. Police in a statement has said that they will investigate the matter closely and about the accused history and connections.
Speaking at a press conference, Mangaluru Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar said due to Naxal presence in Mangaluru, Udupi, and Chikkamagaluru region, the seizure of explosives in huge quantities is worrying and a challenge for internal security. He said there are chances of miscreants misusing these explosives and can be a threat to the law and order of the region.
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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.
