On 30th October, many Congress leaders and pro-Congress handles on social media posted a campaign for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, claiming actor Kartik Aaryan has extended his support for the party. In the video, it was shown that at one point, Kartik said, “Main bhi to Congressi hun”. However, the video turned out to be fake.
Kartik, who was born and raised in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, clarified in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that the video was originally a Disney+ Hostar campaign for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. It looks like a Congress supporter or the party edited the footage and used it for political gains. In a post, Kartik posted the original campaign and wrote, “This is the READ AD. Rest all is Fake.” He also tagged Disney+ Hotstar in the post. The channel has not released any official statement.
Fake voiceover and Congress campaign slides added to video to project it as Congress campaign
The original campaign talks about the ICC Cricket World Cup being streamed for free on Disney+ Hotstar. However, the edited version of the video not only added campaign material in the video but also voiceover-ed the artists acting in the campaign with fake voices. At one point where Kartik says “Freddy main hi hun” to the female artist in the ad, the voiceover replaced the dialogue with “Arre main bhi to Congressi hun”. The edited ad has slides of promises announced by Congress for the MP elections.
Congress supporters and leaders published fake video
National spokesperson of Indian Youth Congress and in-charge of UT J&K Aabid Mir Magami wrote, “Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan extended his support for congress in Madhya Pradesh. Congress is coming to Madhya Pradesh.”
Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan extended his support for congress in Madhya Pradesh.
— Aabid Mir Magami عابد میر ماگامی (Athlete) (@AabidMagami) October 30, 2023
Congress supporter Shantanu, who often shares fake posts, wrote, “Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan extends his support to Congress and Kamalnath Ji in Madhya Pradesh assembly election.” He used a now-deleted video published by an X user, SatyamInsights, who is a Congress supporter.
Source: X
Quoting Kartik’s clarification post, Satyam wrote, “Kartik Bhai bhi MP me Congress ko vote denge tabhi raat me clarification diya koi dekh na paaye (Kartik will vote for Congress in MP. That is why he posted clarification at night so that no one notices it”).
Source: X
Congress supporter Ravinder Kapoor wrote, “Finally Bollywood has woken up towards the Indian National Congress. Bollywood heartthrob Kartik Aryan has extended his support for Indian National Congress in #MadhyaPradeshElections2023. Yet another great campaign from INC MP.”
Source: X
Quoting Kapur, Congress supporter Nazia Majid wrote, “ABSOLUTELY 100 per cent. This move by Kartik Aryan will inspire the new generation of actors in Bollywood who are educated to support CONGRESS. Kartik Aryan is an engineer and one of the few educated guys around hence he understands what CONGRESS is all about and what is good for our nation.”
Source: X
Voting for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections is scheduled for 17th November. The results will be announced on 3rd December.
On Monday (30th October), United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dismissed an MP from his government after he advocated for a “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict after the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel on 7th October.
In a letter to the Prime Minister last week, Conservative MP Paul Bristow, who worked as Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan’s legislative private secretary, advocated for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
On 26th October, Bristow stated that a “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza would save lives and allow supplies to reach those in need. The UK government, on the other hand, has traditionally endorsed the concept of “humanitarian pauses” but not requests for a total ceasefire.
“My constituents and I are deeply grieved by the heart-breaking and devastating humanitarian crisis now unfolding in Gaza. Thousands have been killed and more than one million are now displaced,” the letter read.
#BREAKING: UK PM Rishi Sunak fires Conservative MP Paul Bristow from his government post after he called for a ceasefire in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/y9rsEUiZHx
The now-former government adviser additionally cautioned against “collective punishment” of Gaza residents “for the crimes of Hamas.” Bristow, the Conservative MP for Peterborough, is one of the handful of Conservative MPs who have called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
In the letter, Bristow also stated that some of his people have been “directly affected” by the ongoing war. “It is difficult to understand how this makes Israel more secure or indeed makes anything better,” said the member of parliament for the Tories.
The UK government, along with several other Western countries, has frequently said that Israel has the right to self-defense.
Earlier this month, the UK Prime Minister visited Israel and met with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to express his country’s support at its “darkest hour” in its ongoing conflict with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
Sunak also offered millions of dollars in humanitarian help to Gaza people during his speech to parliament last week.
The Tory MP also stated that ordinary Palestinians must not face unified punishment for Hamas’s crimes. “I shall reiterate at every opportunity that ordinary people are not Hamas, and every innocent life in Gaza is precious. We must do everything we can to preserve life,” Bristow concluded.
The Downing Street Spokesperson confirmed the development and said that the Tory MP from Peterborough has been asked to leave his post in government. “This is due to his comments that were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility,” he was quoted as saying.
In this context, collective responsibility refers to the rule that all public servants are expected to openly support government policy, regardless of their personal opinions about it.
Hamas should not be declared a terrorist organisation and instead, we should all stand with Hamas, Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq said in an exclusive conversation with Republic. Speaking about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the SP MP said that efforts should have been taken to end the war and the help that Palestinian people needed was not given.
#BREAKING | Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq makes shocking statement, openly backs Hamas
"Why should Hamas be declared a terrorist organisation? Instead, we all should stand with Hamas. It is Israel against whom action should be taken they are ruthlessly killing… pic.twitter.com/hHQJMGQry3
Rahman was responding to a question by Republic whether Hamas should be declared a terrorist organisation, to which the MP said, “Why should it be done? There are few terrorists, and today Hamas is fighting for its rights.”
Targeting the Modi government, the SP MP added, “Whether it was under Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Manmohan Singh, help was always given to Palestine. Today what is happening in this government is that instead of helping Palestine, it is silent. And this time they are not providing the help that was needed.”
This false claim by the SP MP comes days after India sent humanitarian assistance to Palestinians including 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material. This includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, water purification tablets among other necessary items.
🇮🇳 sends Humanitarian aid to the people of 🇵🇸!
An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine departs for El-Arish airport in Egypt.
Hitting out at Rahman, BJP leader Anila Singh while talking to Republic, has said, “It is shameful, the statement which has been given by a member of Parliament of our country. He is a member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party. And if no reaction has come from Mr Akhilesh Yadav then it seems this is the thought process of the Samajwadi Party which is being endorsed by Mr Akhilesh Yadav.”
#BREAKING | As Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq openly backs Hamas, BJP hits out
"It is a shameful statement by a MP from Samajwadi Party. No reaction has come from Akhilesh Yadav. This is a thought process of SP," BJP spokesperson Anila Singh said. #SamajwadiParty#SP… pic.twitter.com/KDYH0JZpX4
The statement from the SP MP comes when the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas has reached its 25th day. Casualties have been recorded at around 9,000 on both sides. Israel has been conducting strikes on Hamas and its terror infrastructure in Gaza in retaliation to the deadly terrorist attacks on 7th October.
The controversial statement from the SP MP is not a first. The Samajwadi Party MP has made communal statements over several issues in the past. In September, Rahman demanded that there should be space to offer Namaz in the new Parliament building.
In February this year, he asserted that India has never been and would never be a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and claimed that Islam is the only true religion.
In October 2022, Shafiqur Rahman Barq went on a misogynistic rant and claimed that allowing women to walk without a burqa in public would only enhance wildness and promiscuity in men. He had also asserted that chanting Vande Mataram was against the tenets of Islam.
The Samajwadi Party leader was earlier booked for hailing the Taliban and comparing the radical Islamist outfit to Indian freedom fighters. He was also booked in connection to violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh.
On 29th October (local time), controversial rapper Shubh was apparently seen holding a hoodie during his concert in London that looked like a newly launched hoodie with artwork celebrating the assassination of former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. A video of Shubh holding the hoodie was shared by a Khalistani X account SherePanjabUK which is withheld in India. The post read, “Panjabi Artist Shubh holding a hoodie of an illustration that shows Indian PM Indira Gandhi (aka maimuna begum) being greeted by Shaheed Bhai Satwant Singh and Shaheed Bhai Beant Singh #NeverForget84.”
SherePanjabUK is withheld in India. Source: X
The video went viral on social media after several pro-Khalistani accounts shared the video.
ਵੈਰ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ, ਛੋਟੇ Dead-End ਨੀਂ Footage from lastnight at the 02 of #shubhworldwide holding the hoodie of Indira Gandhi being greeted by Shaheed Bhai Satwant Singh & Shaheed Bhai Beant Singh– ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ ਜਿੰਦਾਬਾਦ pic.twitter.com/g7Vrw9snWf
OpIndia’s tried to verify the video and it was inconclusive whether the hoodie held by Shub was one where the assassination of Indira Gandhi was celebrated. When we zoomed in and enhanced the image of the hoodie Shubh was holding, it was clear that Shubh held the hoodie with a Punjab map outlining the districts, however, the image quality did not allow us to conclude if the assassination image was there.
The hoodie was created by a pro-Khalistani clothing line, Akaal Clothing, that shared the video on their Instagram account as well. From the video, it appears the hoodie was handed over to Shubh by someone in the audience. He looked at the artwork and then flaunted it towards the crowd. In the pro-Khalistani artwork, the date of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, which was 31st October 1984, was printed. Akaal Clothing is using the controversy around Shubh’s now-cancelled India tour to promote the recently launched hoodie.
Source: Instagram
After the video of the concert went viral, there were several individuals who claimed that the two hoodies were different, while others claimed Shubh had indeed held up the very hoodie that glorified the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
Soon after, Shubh issued a statement through his Instagram handle.
In his statement, he claimed that several articles and clothes were thrown at him during his performance and he held up the hoodie without seeing what was on it. It is important to note here that Shubh is not denying that the hoodie indeed had the image glorifying the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
Shubh and distorted map controversy
On 23rd March 2023, Shubhneet Singh alias Shubh posted a story on his Instagram account captioned “Pray for Punjab”, showing a distorted map of India. He posted a photo of the map without the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and North-eastern states. This post was clearly an attempt to challenge the sovereignty of India and peddle the Khalistan narrative. The Canadian singer did this at a time when the Punjab Police was on the lookout to nab Khalistani terrorist Amritpal Singh. Shubh had openly supported Khalistani elements at the time.
Left: Artist Inkquisitive (Amandeep Sing) who created the artwork (middle) with distorted map of India. Right: Rapper Shubh
In September, he announced his India tour in association with BookMyShow and the tour was sponsored by the Indian brand boAt. As the controversy around the distorted map resurfaced, first boAt stepped back from sponsorship, and later, BookMyShow announced that the concert was cancelled. Leading celebrities, including Indian cricketer Viral Kohli, unfollowed him on Instagram amid the backlash. Short video creating platform Moj also removed his songs.
Shubh and the artist who created the artwork remained silent for a long and spoke only after Shubh’s tour was cancelled. However, by then, it was too late, and people questioned why they remained silent and did not apologise earlier.
Terming India as his country, Shubhneet Singh said his “ancestors and Gurus did not blink an eye” when it came to making sacrifices for the country’s freedom. “India is MY country, too. I was born here. It is the land of my GURUS and my ANCESTORS, who didn’t even blink an eye to make sacrifices for the freedom of this land, for its glory, and for the family. And Punjab is my soul, Punjab is in my blood. Whatever I am today, I am because of being a Punjabi,” he said in a post on Instagram.
Earlier, the artist Inkquisitive who created the distorted map played victim and blamed Kangana Ranaut, social media and “powerheads” for the controversy. However, he stood by his creation and released another version of it.
Amandeep Singh claimed that the ‘artwork’ published on 21st March this year aimed at highlighting the blackout in Punjab and merely depicting a policeman taking the switch out of the Punjab region. The artist further mentioned that he did not intend to offend anyone while depicting the northern side of the map as faded or missing; however, he did intend to highlight this area as dark due to the blackout.
Update: This article has been updated after singer Shubh issued a statement on the controversy through his Instagram handle
Following Pakistan’s decision to expel nearly 1.7 million foreign nationals, primarily Afghans, schools teaching Afghan children in Pakistan have started closing their doors for them, reported Khaama Press.
The closure of schools is primarily affecting Afghan girls in Pakistan as it may mark the end of their education for the foreseeable future.
Leading to this, many of these Afghan women are forced to return to Afghanistan, where the Taliban government has already prohibited them from accessing secondary education.
The Pakistani government initiated an extensive crackdown on the estimated 1.7 million Afghans residing in the country without legal status, leaving them until October 31 to leave or face mass arrests, Khaama Press reported.
Sixteen-year-old Nargis Rezaei, along with her family, sought refuge in Pakistan in August 2021 when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and said, “We came here to be educated, to have a good life.”
“Not every Afghan wants to return to Afghanistan, especially girls who have minimal freedom there,” she added.
The fear of deportation has led to a significant drop in school attendance and a two-third decrease in enrollment, which has resulted in the closure of these schools, according to Khaama Press. Moreover, the United Nations (UN) reported a significant rush of Afghan migrants into Pakistan since the Taliban’s takeover, with at least 600,000 individuals crossing the border.
Reportedly, the mass deportation shows the dire situation in Afghanistan, as they have been forced to take refugee for their safety in neighbouring countries like Pakistan due to the uncertainty and instability.
This calls for the urgent need for humanitarian assistance and international support to address the needs of Afghan migrants, who are left with no other choice but to flee from their homeland in search of security and a better future, reported Khaama Press.
As many as 86,000 undocumented Afghan nationals have so far returned to their country while one hundred and forty-nine families returned to Afghanistan in one hundred and seventy-four trucks during the last twenty-four hours.
Since October, Pakistan’s interim government issued a deadline of November 1 for over 1.7 million undocumented migrants in the country to depart.
The strict warning by the Pakistan government implied that those who fail to comply with this ultimatum may face imprisonment and deportation.
According to Khaama Press, as the deadline approaches, reports revealed that a sense of fear and apprehension has intensified among the migrant community in Pakistan.
(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)
Kerala blast accused Dominic Martin has been charged under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) and Explosive Substances Act.
Speaking with ANI, Police Commissioner A Akbar said, “Dominic Martin’s arrest was recorded at 7 pm. He will be produced in court within the stipulated time. He has been charged under sections of Explosive Substances Act and UAPA. As of now, we are convinced that this is a single man’s act. But we are looking into more details.”
Dominic Martin surrendered after claiming responsibility for carrying multiple blasts in Ernakulum district of the state during a religious prayer event a day ago at the Zamra International Convention Centre in Kalamassery where over 2,000 followers of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian sect, had gathered for a prayer meeting on Sunday.
Multiple explosions took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Kalamassery area of Kochi at around 9:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the twin blasts at the Zamra International Convention and Exhibition Centre rose to three after a 12-year-old girl, identified as Libina from Malayattoor, succumbed to her injuries in the early hours of Monday.
A man identified as Dominic Martin posted a video on Facebook later on Sunday, claiming responsibility for the attacks. He later surrendered at the Kodakara police station in Thrissur. The police, however, said that they were still in the process of verifying Martin’s claims.
Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala on Monday convened an all-party meeting following the incident of blasts. The all-party meeting was organised in the State Secretariat in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
The all-party meeting adopted a resolution for social unity and also appealed people of Kerala to stand united against attempts to malign the image of the state.
The resolution said that Kerala was a peaceful and harmonious state.
“At the same time, we know there are people who are intolerant of Kerala’s social situation and want to eliminate it in one sweep. This meeting wants to make clear that the state will go ahead, overcoming such isolated attempts at disintegration,” the resolution said.
“A situation of spreading hatred against a faith, or of viewing a community or a person with suspicion cannot be allowed. The forces that try to whip up such thoughts of disintegration should be seen as common enemies of our country and our people. All political parties and individuals are committed to taking this thought to society,” the resolution said.
It also urged people to not pay heed to rumours.
Among the attendees were Congress leader VT Belram, IUML leader PK Kunjalikutty, NCP leader PC Chacko, Kerala Congress leader Monce Joseph, JDS leader Mathew T Thomas, CPI leader P Sudheer, BJP leader C Krishna Kumar and ministers K Rajan, Roshi Augustin, Antony Raju, A K Sasindran, Kadannapally Ramachandran, CPI (M) state secretary M V Govindan and opposition leader V D Satheesan.
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On 30th October (Monday), former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed concerns over the public spat and the rift between the I.N.D.I Alliance partners Congress and Samajwadi Party. He termed the internal fights an “unfortunate” situation asserting that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc is not in good shape.
He said, “It is unfortunate that the condition of the INDIA Alliance is not strong right now. There are some internal fights which should not be there, especially in the four to five states where there are elections.”
#WATCH | Kupwara: On INDIA Alliance, National Conference Vice President and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah says, "It is unfortunate that the condition of INDIA Alliance is not strong right now. There are some internal fights which should not be there, especially in the 4 to 5 states… pic.twitter.com/9Y5S4EnZ94
He highlighted the recent statements given by Congress and SP with both parties pressing that they will contest in all 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh despite being in an umbrella alliance. He emphasised that this is not good for the I.N.D.I.A. bloc. However, he expressed hope that once the state elections are over they will try to iron out their differences and work together.
Omar Abdullah added, “The way the fight between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress surfaced and both said that they will contest all seats in UP, this is not good for the I.N.D.I.A. alliance. Maybe we will meet again after the state elections. We will try to sit and work together.”
Lately, I.N.D.I. Alliance partners Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) have been fighting over the seat-sharing formula for the state assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh slated for next month. Akhilesh Yadav accused the Congress of ‘betrayal’ and fielded 33 candidates in Madhya Pradesh. In retaliation, the leaders of the grand old party and the likes of UP Congress Chief Ajay Rai and Former MP CM Kamal Nath made verbal attacks against the SP party Chief.
Additionally, Yadav also launched attacks on Congress for asking a nationwide caste census asserting that it was being done only for political benefit. While participating in the Lok Jagran Abhiyan program in Hardoi, he asserted that it is a ‘miracle’ that Congress is ‘now’ asking for a caste census.
On its part, the Congress unit in Uttar Pradesh challenged the SP Chief on his own home turf by putting up posters portraying ‘Ajay Rai as CM’ and ‘Rahul Gandhi as PM’. It was seen as a tit-for-tat move as just three days earlier SP had installed posters in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow showing Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as the future prime minister of India.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on November 2, to question him in connection with its ongoing probe into the Delhi excise policy case.
Kejriwal was earlier summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April this year, in connection with the case.
However, Kejriwal was not named as an accused in the first information report (FIR) filed by the CBI on August 17, last year.
In February 2023, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI for alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi’s new excise policy.
The policy was withdrawn amid allegations of foul play by the opposition.
Sisodia is currently in judicial custody.
According to the CBI, Sisodia had played the most important and vital role in the criminal conspiracy and was deeply involved in the formulation as well as the implementation of the said policy to ensure the achievement of the objectives of the said conspiracy.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea filed on behalf of Manish Sisodia in connection with cases related to the alleged liquor scam.
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On 30th October (Monday), Tata Motors secured an arbitral award of ₹766 crores plus interest as compensation for its investment in the now-scrapped Nano plant in Singur, West Bengal. In a regulatory filing, the Mumbai-based auto major announced that it has won the Singur automobile manufacturing facility case against West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC). It added that it has been awarded a compensation of Rs 766 crore plus interest for its losses incurred in the Singur plant.
Singur Plant case | Tata Motors says, "The aforesaid pending arbitral proceedings before a three-member Arbitral Tribunal has now been finally disposed of by a unanimous award in favour of Tata Motors Limited (TML) whereby the claimant (TML) has been held to be entitled to… pic.twitter.com/ivr34191GM
The auto giant revealed that the pending arbitral proceedings before a three-member Arbitral Tribunal have been finally disposed of by a unanimous award in favour of Tata Motors. As per the arbitral award, it will recover more than Rs 765 crores with interest from the WBIDC for the losses it incurred in the now-defunct Singur plant.
In an exchange filing, Tata Motors said, “The aforesaid pending arbitral proceedings before a three-member Arbitral Tribunal has now been finally disposed of by a unanimous award in favour of Tata Motors Limited (TML) whereby the claimant (TML) has been held to be entitled to recover from the respondent (WBIDC) a sum of Rs.765.78 crores with interest thereon @ 11% p.a. from 1st September 2016, till actual recovery thereof.”
It added, “The Claimant (TML) has also been held to be entitled to recover from the respondent (WBIDC) a sum of Rs.1 crore towards the cost of the proceedings.”
The case pertains to Tata Motors’ claim for compensation from WBIDC. This claim covered various aspects, including the loss of capital investments, related to the Singur automobile manufacturing facility which had to be shifted after stiff protest by the then opposition leader Mamata Banerjee.
Back in 2006, the erstwhile Left Front government in Bengal had acquired around 1,000 acres of land in Singur and Hooghly. Subsequently, it handed it over to Tata Motors for the purpose of building a Tata Nano manufacturing facility for job creation in the state.
However, the land acquisition was opposed by the then opposition leader and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the current Chief Minister of West Bengal. As a result, Tata Motors had to shelve the Singur project but by then it had already invested over Rs 1,000 crore in the Singur plant.
The automobile major later shifted to Gujarat and set up a plant in Sanand for manufacturing the Tata Nano. Tata Motors inaugurated a new plant to manufacture its Nano cars in Sanand in June 2010 almost two years after it was forced to shift the plant out of West Bengal because of Mamata Banerjee-led protest against the land acquisition.
The Tata Nano’s Sanand plant was inaugurated by the then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi along with Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata.
Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German-Israeli woman, who was abducted to the Gaza Strip and paraded naked during Hamas’s 7th October terror attack, was found dead in Gaza, reports quoting the Israeli military said.
On Monday, the members of Louk’s family disclosed that they had received a heartbreaking letter from the Israeli Zaka rescue service, confirming the recovery and identification of a critical bone from the base of her skull, essential for a person’s survival.
“Regrettably, we were informed yesterday that my daughter is no longer with us,” Louk’s mother, Ricarda, conveyed to the German media outlet RTL.
Shani’s sister, Adi, also confirmed Shani’s passing in an Instagram post.
Visegrad24, a digital news aggregator, confirmed on Twitter that the Israeli President had said that the authorities found a part of Louk’s skull, indicating the possibility that she was beheaded by the Hamas terrorists.
BREAKING:
Israel’s President Yitzchak Herzog has confirmed that the German-Israeli citizen Shani Louk has been found beheaded.
Prolific Israeli lawyer also took to X to confirm the same.
I’ve seen a lot of posts saying Shani Louk’s body was found. In reality it is a piece of her skull that was found and identified. The rest of her body has not actually been found. The assumption right now is that she was beheaded.
After the 7th October massacre by Hamas in which over 1500 Israeli civilians were massacred by the Islamic terrorists, a horrific video had surfaced where a partially naked woman was merciless being carried at the back of a truck. Her legs seemed to be broken and the Palestinian men who were abducting her were desecrating her and spitting on her.
Her mother had first raised alarm after identifying the distinct tattoos that Louk had on her leg, visible in the video. The gruesome video showed terrorists shouting the Islamic slogan ‘Allah Hu Akbar’ while the partially naked body of a woman, later identified as Shani Louk, being paraded in a pickup truck. In some videos that surfaced on social media, a murderous crowd of Hamas terrorists could be seen surrounding the vehicle, chanting slogans and spitting on the woman’s body.
The video inspired widespread outrage. Amidst the outrage, a teary, hopeful mother had released a video expressing her hope that Louk was perhaps still alive.
In a self-recorded video message published by the Wall Street Journal, her mother, Ricarda Louk, had stated that a family friend in the Gaza Strip has told her that her daughter was alive in a Hamas hospital. However, she added that her condition is critical and every minute is important as her daughter had suffered a serious head injury during the Hamas terror attack.
She further pleaded before the German government and urged them not to raise the argument of jurisdiction and ‘act’ to ensure Shani’s safe return from the Gaza Strip.
She urged, “One should not argue about the question of jurisdiction. One must act quickly to get Shani out of the Gaza Strip. This is really my desperate call to the entire country of Germany to help me get my Shani back home healthy.”
These were, of course, the hopeful cries of a mother. An unconfirmed source had told her that her daughter could potentially be alive and she was all too willing to believe it, urging the authorities to get her daughter back home safe.
It is not unthinkable that a mother would pray for her daughter’s safe recovery after a video shows the fate she had potentially met at the hands of barbarians. Any mother would think of the worst. Any mother would sit and wonder the pain that her daughter endured at the hands of the beasts. Was she raped. Was she beaten. Was she tortured. Is she alive? How did she die – these are questions that a mother is bound to go over in her head a thousand times. In the moments of darkest despair, the despair of a mother losing a child, even an unconfirmed tip acts as a ray of hope. Hope that maybe her daughter is beaten, but alive. Maybe she would come home safe.
A mother’s hope in the face of inhuman brutality by Hamas is understandable and even expected. However, Islamists who have been desperately trying to drum up sympathy for Hamas under the garb of fighting for the rights of Palestinians, used the mother’s hopeful cries to whitewash the barbarity unleashed by the Islamist terrorist group against the civilian population of Israel in the 7th October terror attack.
Kavish Aziz, who claims to be a journalist and was formerly associated with Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar took to X to cast aspersions on Israel, essentially insinuating that Israel could have shot Shani Louk themselves. He also claimed that Palestinians took great care of Shani Louk.
Big breaking
The German girl “Shani Louk” who was said to have been killed, stripped naked and paraded by Hamas is actually alive.
She was found alive in a Gazan hospital. Palestinians helped her, it is possible that she was shot by Israeli forces.
X handle called “Muslim Spaces” also tried to use Louk’s mother’s statement to discredit the documented atrocities mounted by Hamas against Israeli civilians.
“After Israeli children in cages & Jewish babies beheaded lies, one more propaganda busted!!! Shani Louk, the woman “abducted” & “murdered” by Hamas is alive, mother says!!! The German-Israeli citizen appeared in a graphic video circulated on social media in which Hamas militants can be seen stepping on her body as she is transported in the back of a vehicle! But her mother, Ricarda Louk, told broadcaster ARD she had received new information that her daughter is alive but had a severe head injury and is in a critical condition! “Every minute is critical and we are asking the German government to act quickly,” she said!”, the handle tweeted.
After Israeli children in cages & Jewish babies beheaded lies, one more propaganda busted!!!
Shani Louk, the woman "abducted" & "murdered" by Hamas is alive, mother says!!!
The German-Israeli citizen appeared in a graphic video circulated on social media in which Hamas… pic.twitter.com/vuEYGmimey
There were other Muslim handles who furthered this propaganda to whitewash Hamas as well.
All lies… Rumors are Shani Luk has been found in Gaza hospital. They say she was shot by the Israelis.
— Sir Jimmie of Bitcoin 🇺🇲🍌🍌 @596 (@jimmiebitcoin) October 10, 2023
Turns out that Zionist propaganda is not so successful, Shani Luk is alive and is being cared at a hospital in Gaza.her mother confirms. https://t.co/uAEHFYT5qT
A seemingly Indian Muslim man went as far as to tag AltNews’ co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who has been acting as the propaganda arm of Palestine and Hamas ever since the 7th October attack, to “fact-check” the news of Shani Louk being found alive while casting aspersions on the abduction itself.
Dear @zoo_bear@AltNews , is there anyway you guys can confirm the news of Shani?
Also Shani’s account was public on Instagram but suddenly her account turned private which gives indication that she is alive
Irena Akbar, former Indian Express “journalist” and Islamist, who had taken to X to justify the ill-treatment of Louk after the video had surfaced, also tweeted about the mother’s statement.
Irena Akbar’s tweet
She essentially said that Hindus would be upset that she was not murdered by Hamas because that would deprive them of painting Muslims as “evil and brutal”. She also claimed that the news of Hamas raping and spitting on her was “exaggerated” and an example of “Islamophobia”.
It is pertinent to realise that most of these Muslims who were quick to believe that Louk was being ill-treated and then murdered by Hamas pretended to fight for the rights of Palestinians. But every atrocity that has been perpetrated by Hamas is often branded as “Zionist propaganda” by these very Muslims. It is evident that they were more than happy to believe the hopeful words of Louk’s mother not because they were hoping that innocent civilians would be found alive, but so they could use her to claim that all the documented evidence of Hamas’ brutality against Israelis were in fact “Zionist propaganda” and that not only the Palestinians but also Hamas was innocent of the crimes they were being accused of.
While there were several images of the charred bodies of babies, women and men, videos of Israelis being beheaded, images of their homes being burnt and Jews being tortured to death on the streets of Israel, the Islamists picked a statement from a grieving mother in an attempt to discredit all the atrocities that were committed by Hamas. Essentially, the Islamists tried to claim that since Louk was alive (she isn’t), it would mean that all the documented atrocities by Hamas should be viewed with a pinch of salt and suspicion.
The assertion was simple – the Jews are making up stories of their own persecution because they hate Muslims, that Hamas did not commit the atrocities they are being accused of and by extension, any offensive by Israel against Hamas and Palestine is one that is unjustified. The conclusion to this sinister campaign by the Islamists was for the Islamists to be treated as the actual victims and the Israelis to be viewed as the supremacists who were weaving fantastical tails to demonise Muslims.
While the Islamists are still attempting to whitewash the crimes of Hamas, Shani Louk’s skull has been found, giving rise to the conclusion by the Israeli President that after being stripped, paraded naked and desecrated, she was probably beheaded by Hamas. As evidence of atrocities by Hamas mounts, Islamists from India and across the world continue to extend support to Hamas hiding behind the veil of supporting human rights for Palestinians.
