The troll army of the Hindutva brigade had quickly taken to social media to celebrate the tragic death of Danish. This evoked angry reactions from netizens, who minced no words in condemning the despicable act of the Hindutva fanatics.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “That @dansiddiqui was killed by the Taliban while doing his job in Afghanistan is tragic but the fact that there are bastards out there celebrating his death because Danish was good at his job & made them uncomfortable is beyond reprehensible. Rot in hell RW trolls.”
Danish was responsible for bringing global attention to the second wave of the pandemic gripping India through his powerful photographs and videos. He had also exposed the government’s inept handling of the human tragedy that caused hundreds of thousands of people to die due to lack of access to basic healthcare and oxygen.
The 38-year-old globally-renowned photojournalist had won the Pulitzer award for his photographs on Rohingya immigrants arriving at the shores of Bangladesh.
This story first appeared on jantakareporter.com
