Yogi Adityanath seen calling reporter "Chutiya" on "live video"? UP govt says video "seems morphed"
ANI retracts video without explanation
Lucknow: A video of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went viral across social media platforms wherein the CM is seen abusively lashing out at the cameraman of news agency Asian News International (ANI).
Adityanath had received his COVID vaccine minutes before the video was shot for a customary bite to the news agency.
“I would like to extend my greetings to the country’s scientists,” Adityanath droned on, before twitching at a minor interruption by a person in the room. He then lowered his voice and said, “Kya karte ho chutiyapane ka...” before the video cut off.
The video was soon trending with hashtag #YogiAdityanath on micro-blogging site Twitter. UP’s Additional Chief Secretary of Information Navneet Sehgal, was then quoted by news portal newslaundry.com as calling the video “morphed”.
Somebody must have played with the video,” Sehgal said. “We have uploaded the genuine video. He didn’t actually say it if you watch that.”
Meanwhile, ANI’s Uttar Pradesh bureau tweeted a retraction, stating that the video had been shot live. “Earlier issued live sound byte is retracted,” it said.
The video was then reuploaded wherein the CM is not seen abusing anybody.
When Newslaundry asked Sehgal Isn’t it likely that after Adityanath’s outburst, ANI reshot the video? He was quoted as saying “Only official videos go public, nothing else,” he said.
ANI has, however, not issued any statement in this regard except the retraction tweet without explanation.
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Video byte of UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Covid vaccination
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
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.
