Times Now Navbharat reached out to the family of an Agniveer, who was martyred in Siachen. His father confirmed that he has received a compensation of ₹1,10,00,000.
Left-wing portals including The Wire, Quint, Maktoob Media, and The Kashmiriyat gave a communal angle to the whole incident and tried to spread animosity between the two communities.
Rahul Gandhi on Monday stirred a controversy after he said "those who call themselves Hindus indulge in violence", triggering a rare intervention from PM Modi and Amit Shah.
Meanwhile, Hindu activist and former Oxford University Student Union President, Rashmi Samant has also received a notice from the West Bengal Police for talking about the Taliban-style flogging of a woman.
One of the suspects identified as 30-year-old Mirza Sarfaraz, resident of Baland Farvez Colony, has been detained by the police for interrogation. The victim's mother alleged that a group of five to seven men visited her house and abducted the victim several times in the last eight months and raped her.