Mangaluru: Distressed wife with two kids calls for financial help after husband succumbs to COVID
Mangaluru: A family in Belthangady is in dire need of financial aid after the lone bread earner of the family recently passed away earlier last month.
Abdul Hameed, a resident of Indabettu village in Belthangady Taluk passed away on July 20, this year. His death has pushed the family on the verge of financial helplessness.
Abdul Hameed married his wife Khatijatul Kubra about 15 years ago and the couple has one daughter and a son. Both their kids study in school. Hameed was an auto-rickshaw driver and had availed a loan from the bank to construct his house. Hameed fell sick when the construction was underway but managed to finish the construction with difficulty.
Hameed was undergoing treatment for an infection in his leg for the last 10 years and recently contracted COVID-19 after which he breathed his last on July 20.
“After the death of my husband our financial situation worsened and I along with our two kids tested positive for COVID-19. Our relatives and my brothers helped us as much as they could. The state of my health is still a concern as I have not recovered completely. And I don’t have money for my treatment.
“People are now calling us for the recovery of loan my husband availed. And I am unable to figure out how to fix the situation. Both my kids study at school and we don’t have any other source of income. We are already in debt that we availed for the construction of house and the medical bills. I request kind-hearted people to come forward and help us” Khatijatul Kubra said.
People willing to donate and help the family can make the online transfer to account number 4512500101548401 Karnataka Bank, Ujire Branch IFSC Code KARB0000451 or can make the transfer using Google Pay on Mobile number +918123654859.
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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.
