Jammu and Kashmir: Cattle trader killed, another injured in Army firing, police file FIR
Jammu and Kashmir, Aug 05: A cattle trader was killed and another injured in firing by Army personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, the police said. Police have filed a First Information Report against the Army personnel involved at Dharamkund police station, Senior Superintendent of Police Mohan Lal told PTI.
Mohammad Rafiq Gujjar, 28, and 30-year-old Shakeel Ahmad, both residents of Gool, were fired upon by soldiers of the 58 Rashtriya Rifles when they were leaving Kohli village around 4 am, PTI reported. While Gujjar died on the spot, Ahmad was injured and was shifted to a hospital.
The Army, however, claimed it had retaliated after coming under fire, Greater Kashmir reported. “On August 5, an operation was launched by Army based on specific intelligence inputs in Kohli area of Gool, Ramban,” said Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand. “At 3.45 am, the Army patrol saw some suspicious activity. The suspected individuals were challenged by the Army as per standard operating procedure. On being challenged, the suspected individuals opened fire upon the Army patrol. The Army patrol retaliated effectively.”
The Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, which represents Gujjars in the state, demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident. The organisation has also written to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “The community demanded that a strong directive must be issued to security forces so that more such incidents do not occur in tribal areas any more,” the foundation said in a statement.
Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also condemned the incident. “Is it part of the Muslim killing under the garb of ‘cow protection’ or Kashmiri killing under the garb of ‘anti-national’ we wonder?” he asked.
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Fact Check: Muslim man urinates on Kumbh Mela poster in Raebareli? No, the claim is false
Claim: The video shows people thrashing a Muslim man for urinating on a Kumbh Mela poster in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: The claim is false. Raebareli's Bachhrawan Police Station SHO OP Tiwari confirmed to NewsMeter that the accused’s name is Vinod and he belongs to the Hindu community.
Hyderabad: In the context of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh, a video has surfaced showing a group of people assaulting a man while using abusive language against him. Those sharing the video claim the man being assaulted is a Muslim man who was allegedly caught by the locals for urinating on photos of Maha Kumbh and Hindu deities displayed on a wall.
An X user, Baba Banaras, who has been caught several times indulging in misinformation, shared the video and wrote, “Rae Bareilly, UP: Abdul Urinates on Photos of Mahakumbh and Hindu Deities on Wall, Caught by Locals. (sic)” (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. While the video is from Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, our investigation revealed that the man accused of urinating belongs to the Hindu community.
We conducted a keyword search and found reports by Amar Ujala and India Daily published on January 11. Both reports mentioned the viral video which captured the assault.
According to these reports, the incident allegedly occurred on the evening of January 10, 2025, at the main intersection of Bachhrawan town in Raebareli. Locals caught the accused and assaulted him, while someone at the scene recorded the incident and shared the video on social media.
Neither report named the accused nor specified his community. However, mentioned that inspector OP Tiwari stated an investigation into the viral video is ongoing.
We also found another X user sharing the video with the same communal claim. However, the X handle of Raebareli police replying to the post clarified that the man being assaulted in the video is Vinod, a hawker from Kannauj district, who, in an intoxicated state, urinated near the wall, unaware of the presence of the Kumbh poster. The reply also clarified that the claim that Vinod belongs to a different community is false and baseless.
— Raebareli Police (@raebarelipolice) January 13, 2025
NewsMeter reached out to Bachhrawan SHO OP Tiwari, who refuted the claim that the accused belongs to the Muslim community. He clarified, “The accused’s name is Vinod, also known as Dinesh, son of Bharat, and he belongs to the Hindu community.”
Tiwari also shared a press release about the incident issued by the Bachhrawan Police Station. The statement confirmed that the accused, Vinod alias Dinesh, was arrested in accordance with the law and presented before the court.
Therefore, we conclude that the claim of a Muslim man urinating on a Kumbh Mela poster in Raebareli, UP, is false.
