OpIndia CEO targets singer Caralisa Monteiro with fake tweet in her name
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Singer Caralisa Monteiro had recently tweeted a morphed screengrab of an OpIndia article. She later took down her tweet. Soon after, another screenshot was widespread. But this time in Monteiro’s name. It showed that the singer had tweeted, “Every time a Hindu is killed, I get orgasmic pleasure. Modi might dream Congress Mukt Bharat, but we will get Hindu Mukt India soon. Amen!”
OpIndia published a story around the alleged tweet in both English and Hindi. The story, apart from taking personal digs, attempts to show how Monteiro herself is a ‘fake news peddler’. Ironically, it also says that the tweet viral in her name may be fake.
BJP member Surendra Poonia also shared the alleged tweet, drawing over 5,000 retweets.
Twitter user @woman_tigress tweeted the screenshot and wrote, “Doesn’t this break any rules ? @Twitter”. This tweet also gained over 5,000 retweets.
Fake tweet
The screenshot carries the date ‘January 1’ which means despite Monteiro posting the alleged tweet more than a month ago, only now is it drawing criticism. This was the first red flag.
A closer look at the screenshot reveals inconsistencies when compared with a genuine tweet.
1. The top right corner should have three dots for the drop-down menu, not a downward arrow.
2. A dot is missing after ‘2021’ in the date and so is the name of the device used to post the tweet.
3. The bar that shows the number of retweets, quote tweets and likes for a tweet is also absent from the viral screenshot.
Monteiro quote-tweeted a user who had posted the viral screenshot and said that “a case has been filed against this fake tweet”.
Tell your dad WhatsApp University band kar lo.
— Caralisa Monteiro (@runcaralisarun) February 6, 2021
And a case has been filed against this fake tweet. https://t.co/7kLkBY7Lrx
OpIndia founder had shared the fake tweet
OpIndia founder Rahul Roshan had tweeted the fake screenshot in response to Monteiro tweeting the morphed screengrab of OpIndia’s article. He later took it down but an archived link can be accessed here.
Multiple Twitter users have discussed that Roushan created the fake tweet as ‘revenge’. (1,2,3)
OpIndia, therefore, wrote two articles targeting singer Caralisa Monteiro based on a fake tweet that was shared by its founder Rahul Roushan.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
