Fact Check: BJP MLA Ravinder Singh Negi warns Muslim traders after Delhi polls? Here’s the truth
Claim: A video shows BJP MLA Ravinder Singh Negi questioning street vendors about their religion after the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections.
Fact: The video is not from after the Delhi election victory. It was recorded in December 2024 when Ravinder Singh Negi was a councilor.
Hyderabad: A video allegedly showing BJP MLA Ravinder Singh Negi questioning street vendors about their religion following the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections has gone viral on social media. In the video, Negi asks vendors their names and religious identity.
A Facebook user shared the video with the caption, “BJP MLA from Parpath Ganj Ravindra Singh, just after a day winning, can be seen warning traders to put identifications in front of the shops!!” (Translated from Kannada) (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false.
A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video led to a post on the Facebook page of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), dated December 8, 2024.
The post alleged that BJP councillor Ravinder Singh Negi had been harassing Muslim vendors and questioned why Delhi Police had not taken action against him for spreading communal hatred.
Further, a keyword search led us to a report by The Tribune published on December 9, 2024, which mentioned the same video.
Additionally, a similar video was found on the Instagram page jist.news, shared on December 8, 2024.
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The post stated that the video was taken on December 3, 2024, in Vinod Nagar, Delhi, showing Negi placing saffron flags on the carts of Hindu vegetable vendors.
Therefore, it is clear that the video was not made after the BJP’s victory in Delhi.
(This story was originally published by newsmeter.in, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mentally challenged wife by repeatedly electrocuting her while she was tied to a cot, lawyers said on Thursday.
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar (45) for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
According to the prosecution, he was allegedly frustrated with his wife Satyavati's mental illness and often assaulted her.
Rathore said the prosecution examined nine witnesses to establish the charges against him.
As per court records, on the night of May 1-2, 2022, when Satyavati was asleep, Vinod tied her hands and legs to a cot using ropes and then connected an aluminium cable to an electric board to repeatedly administer electric shocks to her.
"She writhed in pain, but the accused continued to electrocute her until she died," the prosecution said.
The court observed that the murder was carried out in an inhuman manner.
After committing the crime, the accused threw the rope and cable on the roof and left for work at a brick kiln around 2 am to create a false alibi.
He later tried to mislead the police and the victim's family by claiming that Satyavati, whose mental condition was unstable, had accidentally died by suicide after grabbing a live electric wire.
However, the victim's brother, Sanjeev, a resident of Shahjahanpur district, suspected foul play and lodged an FIR under sections 498A (husband subjecting wife to cruelty) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Nawabganj police station.
During the trial, the prosecution relied on the post-mortem report prepared by Dr Faraz Anwar, who stated that multiple electrocution marks found on different parts of the victim's body could not have been self-inflicted.
The police also recovered the rope and electric wire used in the crime on the accused's identification, officials said.
