Were Rishab Pant’s belongings stolen when he met with an accident?

Fake News bandwagon claims that Rishab Pant’s belongings were stolen by Rohingya Muslim immigrants instead of helping him when he met with an accident recently.

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So as per news reports, place where #Rishabpant met with accident is M/Rohingya dominated area. No wonder instead of helping him, locals looted him & ran away. We are literally forced to live with snakes..They’re just waiting for a perfect time to bite..!!

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Explanation

Indian cricketer Rishab Pant met with an accident recently on the Delhi-Dehradun route on his way to his hometown Roorkee. In a high-speed collision of his luxury car on to the divider in the middle of the road after he lost control, the wicket keeper narrowly avoided death as his car caught fire seconds after the crash. Rishab Pant managed to escape from the car by breaking his car window and he was helped by Sushil Kumar, Haryana Roadways’ employee.

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Now, it is being claimed by some social media users and right-wing supporters that Rishab Pant’s belongings were stolen from him by Rohingya Muslims when he met with accident which they claimed to be an area populated mostly by Rohingya Muslims.

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What’s the truth?

When we did a keyword search, an article from Zee News quotes the Haryana Roadways employee saying that some of Rishab Pant’s money was scattered on the road which he picked up and put it back in Rishab Pant’s pocket.

Sushil Kumar pulled Rishab Pant out of the crashed car which caught fire & called for the Ambulance.

Uttarakhand Police Department had released a video statement from Special Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Haridwar in which the SSP categorically denied any such allegations and he had pointed out that Rishab Pant’s belongings were handed over to his mother.

 

However, many posts across various platforms with some of these claims or similar claims can be found which is not true.

Conclusion

In our search, we find that the claim that Rishab Pant’s belongings were stolen & in some claims stolen specifically by Rohingya Muslims is false.

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Ramasamy Jayaprakash

Ramasamy works as a Senior Sub-Editor at YouTurn and writes articles in Tamil and English. He also makes videos for YouTurn's Tamil & English YouTube channels.
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