Bhatkal woman who had come to M'luru for medical treatment dies in fire mishap at residential tower
Mangaluru: In an incident reported on Tuesday morning, Zareena Shaheen Kola (57), a resident of Bhatkal, lost her life in a fire that broke out on the twelfth floor of a seventeen-story building in Attavar. The unfortunate incident occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday at around 4 o'clock.
According to the reports, Zareena Shaheen Kola, had recently arrived in Mangalore from Dubai with her husband Abdullah Kola for medical treatment, and was staying in her son-in-law Shayan Damudi's flat along with her two daughters.
Reports further added that the fire originated in the hall of the flat during the night, leading to the rapid spread of smoke. Zareena Shaheen Kola, believed to be in the bathroom at the time, succumbed to suffocation.
Shayan Damudi, who was in Bhatkal during the incident, was alerted by his wife about the fire. All the other members of the family were trapped inside the flat before Shayan informed friends in the residential tower, who used an alternate key to open the flat door. They rescued Abdullah Kola and the two daughters, but Zareena Shaheen Kola had already passed away.
Fahad Shabandri, an active member of Bhatkal Muslim Jamaat in Mangaluru, and a resident of the same apartment tower, played a crucial role in the rescue and bravely navigated through smoke-filled rooms, they managed to pull out Abdullah and the two trapped women.
Following the incident, a team of Bhatkal Muslim Jamaat Mangaluru, including Arshad Mohtisham, Ashraf Sada, Saud Mohtisham, Moulana Dawood, and others, assisted the family and their relatives with paperwork and hospitalization procedures.
Abdullah is currently hospitalized at AJ Hospital, in stable condition despite suffering from heavy smoke inhalation, Ashraf Sada informed Vartha Bharati over a phone call. The two other women are also receiving medical attention at a private hospital.
The cause of the fire is unknown, and initial speculation about a mobile battery explosion was dismissed as there was no mobile in the hall. Ashraf Sada however, said that the cause of the fire could have been short circuit. The fire resulted in the burning and destruction of the aquarium, furniture, including the sofa, and other belongings.
A case has been registered at local police station, and further investigations are underway.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
