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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

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  Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
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COVID-19 : Maha Cyber registers 36 FIRs for spreading fake news

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Tightening noose against fake news spreaders on social media, the Maharashtra cyber have registered 36 First Investigation Reports (FIRs). Of them, 20 FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on WhatsApp alone showing the platform is more popular among the rumour mongers leaving behind Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has recently instructed State police and Maharashtra Cyber to initiate stringent action against rumour mongers so that people would not be scared through such fake news.
Maharashtra Cyber on Saturday released statistics about spread of fake news and action taken by the state police. As per the report, three FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on Facebook while two were registered for tweeting fake news on Twitter. One was registered against Tik Tok user and 10 cases registered against users of other platforms. 
Balsingh Rajput, Superintendent of Police (SP), Maharashtra Cyber, said that the FIRs were registered after receiving complaints from citizens. “These FIRs were especially registered for spreading face news about coronavirus by rumour mongers,” he said. After receiving the complaints, immediate investigation was conducted by the Maharashtra cyber, he added. 
According to statistics, highest five FIRs were registered by Beed cyber police, followed by Kolhapur cyber police with four cases, three each by Bhandara, Gondia and Nanded cyber police. Nagpur, Akola, Chandrapur, Wardha, Solapur, Nashik and Sangli cyber police have registered one FIR each so far. 
It may be mentioned here that Dr. Dilip Pandharpatte, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Maharashtra Cyber, issued an advisory to all police units recently. “Malicious element are spreading fake news and vicious rumours regarding COVID-19 pandemic on on-line communication including channel, internet and social media causing panic, commit crime and disturb the public order in the State,” stated the IGP in the advisory and added that it was the duty of every citizen to be responsible with what they share on social media. 
“If it comes to your notice about any person/organisation involved in spreading/creating/publishing rumours/fake news or misinformation on any forms of media or messaging platform, report it to the nearest police station/cyber police station or lodge complaint at www.cybercrime.gov.in,” said SP Dr. Rajput.

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