Karnataka CM lodges police complaint over fake news report
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he has lodged a police complaint over a fake news story and accused "the miscreants supported by the unholy alliance of BJP and JD(S) of fabricating a piece of disinformation mimicking a report from the Kannada newspaper."
Siddaramaiah said he will root out the creators of such fake news and those backing them through legal means.
The chief minister shared the purported ‘news report’ in Kannada, whose headline read, "We don’t need Hindus. Muslim votes are enough: Siddaramaiah," on the micro-blogging site ‘X’.
Quoting Siddaramaiah, the sub-heading in the fake news report said: "I wish to be born as a Muslim in the next birth. Don’t bother about BJP’s comments on Muslim appeasement."
"This fake news is loaded with content that stirs up communal tensions and has been widely disseminated across social media platforms," Siddaramaiah said.
Stating that he has already lodged a complaint with the police about this, he said, "We have information about the vested interests behind this and the police will take necessary action."
Resorting to such deceitful tactics to win elections, rather than engaging with political opponents through fair and honest means, shows the intellectual bankruptcy of the BJP and JD(S), the chief minister alleged.
"A party that has ruled the country for 10 years should not have stooped to such a despicable level of manufacturing fake news to win an election. Be cautious before believing and sharing fake news..!," Siddaramaiah added.
ಬಿಜೆಪಿ – ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಮಿತ್ರಮಂಡಳಿ ಕೃಪಾಪೋಷಿತ ಕಿಡಿಗೇಡಿಗಳು ವಾರ್ತಾಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿಯ ತುಣುಕೊಂದನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರ ಕೋಮುಭಾವನೆ ಕೆರಳಿಸುವ ಸುದ್ದಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜಾಲತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ನಾನು ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ದೂರು ನೀಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಇದರ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ದುಷ್ಟ ಶಕ್ತಿ… pic.twitter.com/6Gin6L9Dvz
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 10, 2024
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
