By Aliza Noor
n the build-up to the 2025 Kumbh Mela, a social media post emerged which threatened to carry out a bomb blast, killing at least 1,000 devotees at the gathering.
The threat was issued by an account named ‘Nasir Pathan’.
Upon investigation by the police, it was revealed that it was a class 11th student, a 17-year-old Ayush Kumar Jaiswal who had created a fake account.
“Shararat mein kiya usne, he had got into some conflict with a fellow classmate,” Rajesh Dwivedi, SSP Kumbh Mela told The Quint.
This is the latest case in a worrying trend where some individuals impersonate Muslims, creating fake accounts or email IDs to commit crimes, make threats and/or spread hateful content.
But such instances are have ramifications. In this piece, we look at a number of such cases and the impact they had.
This story was originally published in thequint.com. Read the full story here.
