{"id":235671,"date":"2024-07-11T17:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T11:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=235671"},"modified":"2024-07-11T17:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T11:41:29","slug":"derogatory-comment-against-smriti-singh-arrested-man-in-viral-photo-is-not-accused-ahmad-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/derogatory-comment-against-smriti-singh-arrested-man-in-viral-photo-is-not-accused-ahmad-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Derogatory comment against Smriti Singh: Arrested man in viral photo is not accused ‘Ahmad K’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late Captain Anshuman Singh of the Indian Army was recently conferred the Kirti Chakra<\/a> gallantry award. His wife Smriti Singh received<\/a> the medal from President Droupadi Murmu on July 5.<\/p>\n

Singh, posted as a medical officer with the 26th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment in the Siachen Glacier area, showed remarkable courage and sacrificed his life during a fire on July 19, 2023. A short circuit sparked the blaze in the Indian Army ammunition dump at Siachen in the early hours of the morning. Amid the chaos, Singh rescued fellow soldiers trapped in a fibre-glass hut disregarding his own safety. As the flames spread to a nearby medical investigation shelter, he attempted to recover life-saving medicines. In the process, he sustained severe burns and later succumbed to his injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Soon after images and videos of Smriti Singh receiving the award had been released online, a screenshot of a derogatory comment by a Facebook user named Ahmad K directed at her went viral. The National Commission for Women (NCW) took cognizance of it and urged Delhi Police to take action against the perpetrator.<\/p>\n

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National Commission for Women (NCW) has identified a lewd and derogatory comment made by Ahmad K. from Delhi on a photo of a Kirt Chakra Captain Anshuman Singh’s widow. This act violates Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 67 of the Information Technology\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/h2zvqfKGgy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NCW (@NCWIndia) July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Following this, an image of two policemen posing with an apprehended person went viral on social media with users claiming that Ahmad K had been arrested by the police. Verified user @SonOfBharat7 tweeted the image whilst using several Islamophobic slurs. His tweet received over 6,80,000 views. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Right-wing influencer Acharya Ankur Arya quote-tweeted the aforementioned tweet. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Several other users tweeted the same image with the same claim. (Archives- 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>)<\/p>\n