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Bajrang Dal Worker Arrested in Bihar For Spreading Misinformation On Coronavirus

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Bajrang Dal worker had on Saturday posted the wrong information on Facebook about a member of a Muslim family being tested positive.

Patna| A Bajrang Dal worker, who had been spreading wrong information about a Tarapur family of having attended Tablighi Jamaat and a member of the family being tested COVID-19 positive, was arrested on Sunday.

While the department denied any member of the Munger family being on the list of Tablighi Jamaat attendees from Bihar, the health department also dismissed social media report on anyone being tested positive from Tarapur.

Munger Deputy Inspector General of Police Manu Maharaj confirmed the arrest of one Gautam Singh Kushwaha from his Bihma village under Tarapur police station. Kushwaha had on Saturday posted the wrong information on Facebook about a member of a Muslim family being tested positive. Kushwaha is a district-level functionary of Bajrang Dal. His post had gone viral on social media, bringing disrepute to the family who runs a medical shop and a footwear shop in the Tarapur market.

A member of the family from Ghazipur, Tarapur, said as the police had been putting a lot of pressure because of rumours being spread, six members of his family got medical tests done at Referral Hospital, Tarapur. None of them had any symptoms of COVID-19, nor had any travel history. All the six were advised to live under home quarantine as a standard and precautionary advice reported The Indian Express.

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A home department official said that they had got five lists of people who had attended Tablighi Jamaat meeting but none of them is from Tarapur, Munger. Health department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar said: “Of the 32 people tested positive so far, no one is from Tarapur, Munger.”

(The Indian Express)

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Bhopal: Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh sat on a Dharna one km away from chief minister’s office on Friday after CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan allegedly cancelled their meeting to discuss issue of displacement of villagers due to the Tame Irrigation project.

The political drama began when the photos and videos of a meeting of Chouhan with MP Congress Committee president Kamal Nath at the state hangar in Bhopal went viral on social media.

After meeting with the CM, Kamal Nath joined the protest with Digvijaya Singh. Nath also got angry on media persons for asking questions on the purpose of his meeting with the CM.

Digvijaya Singh said he sought a time to meet the chief minister to discuss the matter of compensation against the displacement of villagers after five thousand hectares of land submerged due to the Tame irrigation project of Suthalia of Rajgarh, Bhopal and Vidisha districts. “More than 1500 families will be displaced but they are not getting enough compensation,” said Singh.

Singh said the CM’s office gave him time at 11 .15 am on Friday for meeting but he was informed on Thursday that the meeting was cancelled.

Singh said he will reach on time and will stage a protest because the CM has no time to listen to the issues of common people.

However, the meeting was cancelled as the CM went to attend a function in Dewas.

After the video of their meeting went viral on social media, Nath said, “We met accidentally as I was returning from the Chhindwara and the CM was leaving for Dewas. It was a courtesy meeting.”

He further said, “After I came to join Dharna, Digvijaya Singh informed me that he was seeking time for the past one-and-a-half months but the CM has no time to listen to him. We will stage protest with villagers who are being displaced without proper compensation.”

Later, the CM also said that we were crossing each other at state hangar and it was just a cordial meeting. “I told Digvijaya Singh to come and meet on January 23 but he is more interested in politicising the matter,” Chouhan said.

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