Mumbai (Qamar Ansari): A video of some people taking out a rally with a convoy of vehicles is becoming increasingly viral on social media. The video is being shared and it is being claimed that it is from Mumbai. Where the Muslim community had taken out this rally to show its strength.

Mumbai Press in its investigation found that the viral claim is false. The viral video has no connection with India. Actually the viral video is from East Timor. When Pope Francis arrived in East Timor for a visit. Social media users are now sharing this video by linking it to the ‘Mumbai Chalo’ rally.

While sharing the viral video on September 23, 2024, Facebook user ‘Rakesh Singh Bhartiya’ wrote in the caption, “This is not Pakistan or Bangladesh! This is not Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan either! This is our Mumbai.. where Muslims have come out on the streets to show their strength. Keep sleeping Hindus.”

To know the truth of the viral claims, we shared them with Google reverse images. We found the viral video (archive link) on a Facebook page called Nigerian Catholics. The video was uploaded on 12 September 2024. According to available information, the viral video is from East Timor country.

We also found this video with the same information on Morocco’s X account.

https://x.com/Moroccolitik/status/1835391351686410633?s=08

Based on the information received, we searched on Google with the help of related keywords. We found a video report on the claim on the official YouTube channel of the Associated Press. The report was uploaded on 10 September 2024. According to the report, the viral video is of a visit by Pope Francis to East Timor. About 6 lakh people had gathered to see him. Pope Francis also took out a march with the people.

We found a report related to the viral claim on the Irish Times website. The report was published on 10 September 2024. There is a picture similar to the viral video in the report. According to reports, about half the population of East Timor came to see Pope Francis. About six lakh people attended his rally.

Like making a false video of the rally and trying to scare other communities by associating them with Muslims or spoiling the atmosphere of the city.

Now the question arises that what does Imtiaz Jalil and his team want to prove by making such false videos and false publicity.

Posters featuring Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis holding gun emerged in Mumbai and surrounding cities on Wednesday (September 25), just two days after death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in Badlapur school sexual assault case. The posters read ‘Badla Pura’ (The revenge is complete). Fadnavis can be seen brandishing a pistol as well as a rifle in what are most likely to be doctored images on these posters.

The posters looked like apparent attempts to link and credit the deputy CM for the death of the accused in a police encounter. There was immense public anger against Shinde, who was accused of sexually assaulting two four-year-old girls in toilet of a school in Badlapur.

Although Fadnavis was active on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, there was no immediate comment from him about the posters in the city.

Something fishy?

The police are being accused of having meted out ‘quick justice’ through what is being accused as having been a staged encounter.

As per version given by the police, Shinde was being transported from Taloja jail to Badlapur when he snatched a gun from a police official and opened fire. Police say that Shinde died as officials retaliated in self-defence and shot him. A police officer by the name Sanjay Shinde was injured due to bullets fired by the accused, say the police. The accused was killed near Mumbra bypass.

Akshay Shinde’s parents have refused to believe the police account and have alleged that he has been killed by the police.

“My son was scared of bursting crackers. How could he snatch a pistol from a police officer and open fire?” claimed Anna Shinde, Akshay’s father.

Akshay’s father moved the Bombay High Court on Tuesday and urged it to look into his custodial death. He has sought an urgent hearing. The court will hold a hearing on Wednesday.

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that repair work on the 1,450 mm diameter Tansa (East) water channel will take place from Thursday, 26 September 2024, at 10 PM to Friday, 27 September 2024, at 5 PM. This critical maintenance will be carried at Senapati Bapat Marg in Mumbai’s G North civic ward and will result in water supply disruptions in across G South and G North wards.

The civic body has provided the list of affected areas in G wards. The supply to the nearby areas of these wards may also be affected. The BMC has notified residents of the affected areas to be prepared for either complete or partial water cuts during these 19 hours.

List Of Areas Where Water Supply Will Be Disrupted

In G South, the areas of Curry Road, Sakharam Bala Pawar Marg, Mahadev Palav Marg, Lower Parel, Delisle Road, and BDD Chawl will experience a complete water supply cut during the daily supply hours of 4:30 AM to 7:45 AM. Similarly, N. M. Joshi Marg and BDD Chawl will face a full supply shut down between 2:30 PM and 3:00 PM.

For G North, areas such as Prabhadevi, Adarsh Nagar, P. Balu Marg, Hatiskar Marg, Marathe Marg, Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Senapati Bapat Marg, N. M. Joshi Marg, and Ganpatrao Kadam Marg will see a 33 percent reduction in water supply during the daily hours of 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Additionally, parts of Senapati Bapat Marg, Veer Savarkar Marg, Gokhale Marg, Kakasaheb Gangeel Marg, Sayani Marg, and Bhawani Shankar Marg will also experience a similar 33 percent supply reduction during the same period.

Use Water Sparingly

The repairs, which will take place from 10:00 PM on Thursday, 26 September 2024, until 5:00 PM on Friday, 27 September 2024, will impact water availability in certain neighborhoods. The BMC has urged all residents in the affected areas to store sufficient water in advance and to use it judiciously during the repair period.

It has also issued an appeal to all citizens in these localities to store sufficient water and use it sparingly throughout the duration of the repairs.