Bengaluru: TV channels project wristwatch trader as 'terrorist'
Bengaluru: People are outraged over TV channels, which spread panic in City by telecasting a false report projecting an innocent wall clock trader as a terrorist.
This was triggered by an incident on Monday evening at Majestic metro station when a person was termed as a suspected terrorist by some TV channels. But now it has come to the light that the person was 57-year-old wristwatch trader Riyaz Ahmed. He has been doing watch business in Bengaluru for 20 years.
Riyaz Ahmad also has a copy of a certificate issued by the BBMP. Speaking to 'Vartha Bharati' newspaper, Riyaz Ahmed made it clear that he has been selling and repairing wristwatches at a small shop on the BMTC subway at Majestic for over 20 years.
"On May 7, I returned to home by a Metro train after closing my shop. But the next day, a few TV channels projected me as a suspected terrorist in the news. Those who saw the news on social media and news channels started looking me as an anti-national, "he said.
"I am a poor businessman, an ordinary citizen, and has not hurt anyone until now. But what should I do if I am thrown on the street by stigmatising as a terrorist only for wearing 'jhubba' and spotting beard," he added with teary eyes.
Complaint against Public TV Channel
"I have lodged a complaint against Public TV Channel who falsely aired a news projecting me as a suspected terrorist and humiliated me," Riyaz Ahmed informed.
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4 teen boys killed as motorcycle collides with car in Jharkhand's Chatra
Chatra (PTI): Four teenage boys were killed as their motorcycle collided head-on with a car in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said on Friday.
The accident happened on the Piparwar-Tandwa Road in the Chiraiyatand area, they said.
The boys were between 14 and 17, and residents of Baradih village, they added.
"The car was coming from Bachra when the accident happened, on Thursday night," said Abhay Kumar, the officer in charge of the Piparwar police station.
