The man introduces another person in the video and keeps boasting about playing with fire. Some people on social media got upset and demanded action from the Uttarakhand Police. Authorities have alerted both the forest department and the police department, leading to the arrest of 10 people suspected of arson.
Among those arrested are Mohammad Nooral, Feroze, Shalem, Mohammad Nazifar, and Mosar Alam, who were taken into custody from various locations. Forest and police teams are actively investigating the incident, striving to determine the cause of the forest fire and the underlying motives behind it.
Uttrakhand: Instagram post from a handle called “beingsalmankhanx22”, where they are boasting about setting an entire mountain on fire.
2 people are saying – “We will burn the mountain to ashes…never challenge Biharis.”
They started a forest fire & are boasting of it openly. pic.twitter.com/2v2Mn98vQM
— Pagan 🚩 (@paganhindu) May 3, 2024
Instagram post from a handle called “beingsalmankhanx22”, where they are boasting about setting an entire mountain on fire. 2 people are saying – “We will burn the mountain to ashes…never challenge Biharis.” They started a forest fire & are boasting of it openly.
In the video, the guy in the red t-shirt brings in another person a few seconds later. After introducing him, he keeps bragging, saying, “Nobody messes with those who like playing with fire. And no one ever dares to challenge folks from Bihar.”
They noticed the Instagram account where the video was first posted and suggested that the person in the video might be Muslim, asking, “What kind of jihad is this?”
Last week, a small fire set by a shepherd in Tadiyaal village, Uttarakhand, spread out of control, burning a lot of forests. The fire even reached Nainital’s outskirts, covering the area in smoke. The authorities are working hard to stop the flames from spreading further.
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