Burqa-clad men step to the beats of Dhurandhar; viral video sparks outrage
Amroha: A video allegedly from Amroha district of UP, which has gone viral on social media, shows a group of burqa-clad youths stepping to the beats of a song from the movie Dhurandhar. The video clip, whose exact date could not be confirmed, which is believed to be from a programme at Mesco Public School, has ignited sharp outrage. According to a report by Live Hindustan, the video is believed to be from a school programme held ahead of the winter vacation.
The said video was first published by a social media handle named ‘Team Rising Falcon’, in which three youths are wearing burqas, while spectators are seen watching, clapping, and a few even joining the performance on the dais. The social media handle, while publishing the video, alleged that the act was deliberately meant to mock Muslim religious identity. The controversial clip has sparked harsh online criticism, with many netizens calling the performance insulting.
“This is not harmless entertainment. It is ridiculing religious attire and risks disturbing social harmony,” the post said, urging the Amroha police to take action and identify those involved. “Religious mockery and hate in the name of entertainment must not be normalised,” it added.
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“Mocking a religion with attire of modesty, they feel proud, but the day is not far when it will bring shame upon them,” one user commented. Another wrote, “Please look into this matter immediately and do the needful,” tagging the local authorities.
So far, none of the individuals seen in the video have been identified, and the police have not issued any official statement on the matter. The report added that the issue has not formally reached the police and that the school management is reportedly trying to defuse the situation by apologising to alumni and others offended by the performance.
यूपी | ये वीडियो अमरोहा जिले के मेस्को पब्लिक स्कूल का है। यहां एक कार्यक्रम आयोजित हुआ। इसमें स्टूडेंट्स ने धुरंधर मूवी के गाने पर डांस किया। इस पर मुस्लिम संगठनों को आपत्ति है। उन्होंने स्कूल पर एक्शन लेने की मांग पुलिस से की है। पुलिस ने जांच शुरू की। pic.twitter.com/T0ANxlMOTM
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Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.
The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.
Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.
The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.
India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.
In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.
Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.
The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.
It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.
Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.
The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.
The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.
On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.
