New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet and targeted him over one of his remarks.

Popular news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) had on Wednesday reported that the Prime Minister had recently remarked the country has come a long way from releasing pigeons to releasing Cheetahs.

The news was also shared on the official Twitter handle of the PTI. “Country has come a long way, earlier we used to release pigeons, now we release cheetahs: PM Modi” the tweet read.

Replying to the PTI’s tweet, Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at the Prime Minister’s remark and added that the country has come a long way and it releases Cheetahs and Rapists from the earlier trend of releasing pigeons.

“And rapists...” Owaisi said in his reply taking a hinted dig at the government’s move to release the rapists of Bilkis Bano of Gujarat, a move that has triggered controversy nationwide with the political circle of the country remains divided on their opinion over the release of the rapists.

While the fringe right-wing groups welcomed the move and felicitated the rape accused on their release, a few Centre and left parties have remained tight-lipped over the matter. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief and Delhi CM Manish Sisodia were also slammed by several social media users for maintaining silence over the critical issue ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls.

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Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.

He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.