Fact Check: Harvinder Singh martyred in Assam, not Jammu and Kashmir, social media post turned out to be misleading

New Delhi: After the attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on Thursday night, Mumbai Police is searching for the attacker. At the same time, there is a debate on social media regarding this incident. The incident of attack by entering the house of a film actor is being seen as a big challenge to law and order in Mumbai. Besides, some such news are also doing the rounds on social media, which are being spread in a misleading manner by linking them with the attack on Saif Ali Khan. In one such post, it is being said that Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore has attacked Saif Ali Khan. Questions were raised on the attack on Khan, but nothing was written about the army soldier Harvinder Singh who was martyred while fighting in Jammu and Kashmir. The Vigilant team investigated this claim and found out whether any such incident had really happened in Jammu and Kashmir?

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What is the post on social media?

A picture of Neha Singh Rathore’s statement on Saif Ali Khan case has been posted on . The day before yesterday, Sikh Jat Army soldier Harvinder Singh was martyred while fighting the Mughals in Jammu and Kashmir. Not even a single post was written by Neha Rathore. In fact this is double standards. Today you are on such double standards. This post has been reposted by 178 internet users within the first 6 hours. See post-

What is the truth of the claim?

To find out the truth of this post related to the army soldier, first of all we searched on Google with related keywords. On searching, we found links to two news from news website Amar Ujala and ETV Bharat. According to these reports, Army soldier Harvinder Singh was a resident of Bhaloth village in Rohtak district of Haryana.

immortal light It has been reported in the news that Havildar Harvinder Singh, resident of Bhaloth village of Rohtak, died on Saturday in Assam. he/she was 35 years old and was posted as Havildar in the army. he/she was shot while on duty, due to which he/she died. The reasons behind the shooting have not been confirmed yet. his/her mortal remains reached the village on Monday and were cremated with military honors on Tuesday.

There itself, etv india According to the news, Indian Army soldier Harvinder Singh was cremated with state honors on Tuesday in Bhaloth village of Rohtak. he/she died after being shot on Saturday while on duty in Assam. Harvinder Singh joined the army in 2009 and was posted as Havildar. he/she leaves behind his/her wife, 8-year-old daughter, 4-year-old daughter and one and a half year old son.

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Along with this, during the search, we also found a tweet from the handle of Akashvani News Chandigarh on X, in which information about his/her funeral has been given. Posted from this handle on January 15, ‘Indian Army soldier Harvinder Singh was cremated with full state honors yesterday at his/her native village Bhalot in Rohtak district. The army contingent saluted him/her. See the tweet-

conclusion

A post on social media has claimed that on Thursday, Indian Army soldier Harvinder Singh was martyred while fighting the Mughals in Jammu and Kashmir. During investigation by the alert team, this claim was found to be misleading. Harvinder was posted in Assam, not Jammu and Kashmir and he/she died last Saturday due to bullet injury while on duty. The investigation into the cause of the shooting is ongoing.