Condoms, cigarettes, alcohol, contraceptives found in bags of school students in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: While searching for mobile phones in the bags of students recently, the authorities of schools in the city found things that shocked the authorities and the parents of the students. In addition to mobile phones, the authorities found the students carrying in their bags condoms, oral contraceptives, lighters, cigarettes, whiteners and excessive amounts of cash.
The search was conducted as the school authorities received complaints that the students brought mobile phones to school. The Karnataka Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools (KAMS) too had asked the school authorities to check the bags of their students, reports Deccan Herald.
As a result, the bags of high school students were checked by the respective school authorities.
Following the startling discovery, the school authorities called meetings of the parents. A principal of a school in Nagarabhavi said that the parents were equally shocked. The parents had also been noticing sudden changes in their children’s behavior, they apparently told the school authorities.
Since the situation was delicate, the authorities asked the parents to opt for counseling for the children, instead of getting the students suspended. "Though we have counseling sessions at schools, we asked parents to seek help for children from outside and granted leave for up to 10 days," the principal said.
The principal of another school said that a condom was found in the bag of a Class 10 girl, adding, "When questioned, she blamed her classmates or those at the private tuition that she goes to."
Further, D Shashi Kumar, general secretary of KAMS, said that while 80 per cent of the schools conducted the checks on their students’ bags, "There were oral contraceptives (i-Pill) in one student's bag. Also, there was alcohol in water bottles."
Admitting that the discovery is shocking and the seniors are struggling to overcome it, the general secretary added, Students were found to be harassing teachers and classmates, using foul language, bullying and making bad gestures. Such behaviour is seen even in Class 5 children."
Dr A Jagadish, consultant psychiatrist, Abhaya Hospital, has stressed on the need for parental supervision.
"In one case, a single mother found a condom in her 14-year-old son's shoe rack. A few children like to experiment and indulge in such activities. This includes smoking, leading to drug addiction and over-socialising with the opposite sex that might lead to physical interaction," the psychiatrist has said, urging parents to guide kids.
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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.
