Cricketer Mohammed Siraj trolled for tweeting on Pele, Heeraben Modi, “ignoring” Rishabh Pant
New Delhi: Indian cricketer Mohammed Siraj was on Friday trolled and slammed by netizens for posting tweets on football great Pele and Heeraben Modi who passed away today while not posting any tweets on fellow teammate Rishabh Pant who was involved in a road accident earlier in the day.
Siraj in a tweet expressed condolences to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the passing away of his mother Heeraben Modi. Fans urged Siraj to write a tweet for Rishabh Pant wishing him quick recovery, but did not get any response.
Siraj later posted another tweet for former Brazilian footballer and all-time great of the game Pele who passed away due to cancer. Furious fans flooded Siraj’s comment section questioning why he had not posted any tweets, or messages for Rishabh Pant.
The 25-year-old Rishabh Pant dozed off and lost control of his Mercedes early morning on Friday en route to his home in Roorkee. He was alone in the car. The accident happened at Mohammadpur Jat in Manglaur town of Haridwar district. He suffered injuries on his head, back, and feet but is in stable condition.
Both Pant and Siraj share a friendly bond in the Indian dressing room and are often seen having funny banters on the field and in the dressing rooms.
My Heartfelt condolences to our Hon. Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji on the sad demise of his mother, Smt. Heeraben Modi ji. Sorry for your loss. May her soul rest in peace 🙏🏼
— Mohammed Siraj (@mdsirajofficial) December 30, 2022
One of Football’s all time greats, Rest in Peace, Pele Sir 😇 Thoughts with family & loved ones. 🙏🙏 #RIPLegend
— Mohammed Siraj (@mdsirajofficial) December 30, 2022
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Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
Bogota (Colombia) (PTI): An explosive device killed 13 people travelling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates.
Octavio Guzman, the governor of the region of Cauca, said on X that the device was set off while the bus was travelling along the Panamerican Highway in the municipality of Cajibio. Five children were among the injured, Cauca Health Secretary Carolina Camargo told Noticias Caracol, a TV news program.
Gen. Hugo Lopez, commander of Colombia's Armed Forces, told a news conference that it was a “terrorist act" and blamed the network of a man known as “Ivan Mordisco” — one of Colombia's most wanted figures — and the Jaime Martínez faction. Both are dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that operate in the region.
Neither Ivan Mordisco nor the Jaime Martínez faction abide by the peace agreement signed with the state in 2016.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the attack on X.
“Those who carried out the attack and killed seven civilians — and wounded 17 others — in Cajibío — many of them Indigenous people — are terrorists, fascists, and drug traffickers,” he wrote.
The attack is the latest in a spate of explosions that have attempted to target public infrastructure. At least 26 incidents have taken place in the past two days in southwestern Colombia, which Lopez said have only affected civilians.
They included a shooting at a police station in the rural area of Jamundi, and an attack on a Civil Aviation radar facility in El Tambo, where authorities took down three explosives-laden drones earlier on Saturday. No one was hurt.
On Friday, two vehicles rigged with explosives were detonated near military units in Cali and Palmira, causing material damage.
The escalation of violence in that region — a territory contested by illegal armed groups linked to drug trafficking — prompted the mobilisation of high-ranking officials on Saturday. Led by Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez, the delegation that includes regional governors and local authorities, was meeting in Palmira when the deadly explosion occurred.
“These criminals seek to instil fear, but we will respond with firmness,” Sanchez said on X.
Meanwhile, Francisca Toro, governor of Valle del Cauca, has called upon the national government to provide “immediate support.” In a message on X, Toro called for a reinforcement of public security forces, enhanced intelligence operations and “decisive actions” against crime in the face of a “terrorist-level escalation.”
According to authorities, Cauca and Valle del Cauca serve as a critical hub for illicit activities of illegal armed groups vying for control over sea and river access routes leading to the port of Buenaventura — a key transit point used to traffic drugs to Central America and Europe.
The government has also offered a reward of more than 1 million dollars for information leading to the capture of “Marlon,” who is identified as the leader of the region's dissident group. On Friday, local authorities offered more than USD 14,000 for information leading to the identification and location of those behind the attacks in Cali and Palmira.
