Rahul Kulkarni, ‘journalist’ with ABP Majha was arrested by Mumbai Police for misleading people with fake news that led to the migrant crisis in Bandra
The Maharashtra Police believe that the unverified and misleading information ran by ABP Majha may have spurred the migrants staying in Mumbai to defy lockdown and congregate at a mosque outside the Bandra local station.
The fake news spread by the mainstream media cannot be attributed to incompetence alone because if it were only incompetence, they would have erred on equal parts against all sides of the political spectrum.
Shockingly, on July 19, 2016, allegedly depressed by no-action being taken by either the party or the police, Soni Mishra, a young political activist of the AAP, had consumed poison and ended her life.