False claim circulates regarding Akhilesh Yadav paying respects to gangster Atiq Ahmed
Lucknow: A photo circulating on social media purportedly showing Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav paying respects at the grave of gangster and politician Atiq Ahmed has been debunked as false. The claim has been refuted with evidence proving that the image is from 2022 when the couple visited the burial site of Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Upon conducting a reverse image search, it was found that the same photo was shared by Akhilesh Yadav on his official Twitter account in November 2022. The tweets indicated that the visit took place before filing nomination papers for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-poll.
Dimple Yadav also posted the identical photo on her 'X' account, corroborating the fact that they were at Mulayam Singh Yadav's memorial site, not Atiq Ahmed's.
In conclusion, the viral photo does not depict Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav paying respects to Atiq Ahmed but rather visiting the grave of Mulayam Singh Yadav in 2022.
मैनपुरी उपचुनाव में सपा के प्रत्याशी के रूप में दरअसल नेताजी की समाजवादी आस्थाओं का ही नामांकन हो रहा है। जिस प्रकार दलगत राजनीति से ऊपर उठकर सभी दलों के लोगों और जनमानस ने सैफई आकर नेताजी को श्रद्धांजलि दी है, उसका सच्चा परिणाम ये होगा कि सपा प्रत्याशी की ऐतिहासिक जीत होगी। pic.twitter.com/25Q4FFKSe4
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) November 14, 2022
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
