Kumar Vishwas, the founding member of the Aam Aadmi Party, is one of the most noted Hindi poets in the country and has a huge fan following. And, he recently had such a fan moment.
A Kolkata-based woman, who admires Vishwas and has been following him over a decade now, showcased her love for the poet-politician in a unique way. The video of the entire incident has gone viral on various social media platforms.
In viral video, the woman can be heard saying, "You are the real gold, we are nothing. I have got everything."
As the woman broke down during the conversation, Vishwas can be seen embracing the woman affectionately and addressing her as sister.
तुम कहते थे कि उसे राज्यसभा नहीं भेजा तो पार्टी छोड़ दी!
— Pragya Tripathi 🇮🇳 (@Pragya1307) August 23, 2022
अरे साहब, ईश्वर की योजना थी, अच्छा ही हुआ तो उन्हें हमारे पास ही छोड़ दी।
ऐसी मोहब्बतों हों तो एक हजार राज्यसभाएं कुर्बान
Video: कोलकाता में @DrKumarVishwas को एक महिला ने जब अपने गले की चैन पहना दी। pic.twitter.com/JMI75Pc7gs
The poet-politician can also be heard assuring the woman that he would meet her whenever he comes to Kolkata.
The video, which has taken the internet by storm, was shared by blogger Pragya Tripathi. The video, which was posted today, has so far garnered over 1700 likes and over 200 retweets (by the time this piece was published).
Commenting on the post, a Twitter user wrote, "In front of such motherly affection, thousand Padma awards and Rajya Sabha posts seem to fade away."
Another Twitterati hailed the poet for showing so much affection to his fan and wrote, "May you be blessed Kumar Vishwas that you are giving so much respect to the love of an unknown sister."
According to sources, the woman engulfed in fire was rescued by locals and admitted into Nilagiri hospital in critical condition.
As per reports, the in-laws of the victim had asked for a gold chain from her parents 3 months back. After their demand was not fulfilled, the woman's husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law allegedly poured kerosene and set her on fire.
"They poured kerosene on me and set me on fire. I started running and later some local villagers threw water on me and brought me to the hospital. My husband and in-laws used to torture me and abuse me for not giving them a gold chain," the victim said.
The accused was later handed over to Sea Beach Police and an investigation has been launched. On December 14, 130 gram gold was looted from two women at SCS College road and after a few days, a gold ring and a gold chain was looted from another person in front of the Collectorate.
"They stole my gold chain and ring. I tried to get hold of them but they fled the spot," said one of the victims.
Similarly, some miscreants posing as cops looted a government employee in Badashankha area of the district. Earlier on November 28, 2019, miscreants posing as police officials allegedly looted gold ornaments and cash from a man near Venkateshwar temple under Badabazaar Police limits in Berhampur.
According to reports, two miscreants came on a black-coloured Pulsar bike, snatched the chain from the woman and tried to flee the spot. On hearing the woman’s scream, locals rushed to save her and managed to capture one of the miscreants.
After receiving the information, Cuttack Sadar Police reached the spot and detained the miscreant and seized the bike.
In another loot incident in Bhubaneswar on November 20, two bike-borne assailants had snatched a gold chain worth Rs 70,000 from a woman in Laxmisagar area.
Similarly on November 12, two-bike borne miscreants had allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman’s neck while she was riding pillion on a bike with her husband in Kharavela Nagar area. A few days ago, an elderly woman plucking flowers from outside the house of her neighbour, was gagged and robbed of her gold ear-rings by unidentified bike-borne miscreants in Sailashree Vihar area.
In another incident, a 75-year-old medicine shop owner had been brutally assaulted and looted of gold ornaments on the outskirts of the city. The robbers had stormed a medicine shop located in Balianta area and executed the crime in broad daylight.
On October 29, miscreants had looted cash and gold ornaments worth around Rs 7 lakh from the residence of a professor at the Odisha University of Agriculture Technology (OUAT).
(Edited by Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty)
The victim has been identified as one Basanti Sahu.
According to reports, the incident occurred when Basanti was walking on her way back home. Two persons on a motorcycle stopped near one of the nearby houses. The person riding pillion approached her and snatched the gold chain. Later, the duo fled the spot.
Upon being informed, Hinjilikatu police reached the spot and started an investigation into the incident. The police are scanning the CCTV footage installed in the nearby house.
“We are hopeful of nabbing the criminals soon,” a police official said.
In another such incident, unidentified miscreants looted a mobile phone shop located at Chandahandiin Nabarangpur district on late Saturday night.
According to sources, the robbers gained entry into the mobile store by breaking the shutter and stole around 30 expensive handsets along with some speakers.
On the basis of a complaint lodged by the shop owner, police reached the spot and launched an investigation into the matter.
The entire incident has been reportedly recorded in the CCTV cameras installed in the store. Police have taken the CCTV footage in its record and have started tracing the robbers.
https://youtu.be/-on_jsV7WxM
(Edited by Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty)
Based on the written complaint by the customer identified as Bibekananda Mohanty, a resident of Khandagiri Bari area, Bharatpur Police swung into action and arrested one Asit Senapati, the owner of the jewellery shop.
However, Senapati's wife, who is yet to be identified has not been arrested, said sources.
Meanwhile, the entire episode, caught on a mobile phone camera, has gone viral on several social media platforms today. The footage purportedly shows the shopkeeper along with his wife abusing and thrashing Mohanty in the middle of the road.
As per the complainant, Mohanty had purchased a gold chain for Rs 9,400 four years back. Due to some financial issue few months back, when Mohanty went to the bank to mortgage the gold chain, the bank refused him loan citing inferior quality of the jewellery.
Later, Mohanty approached Senapati complaining about the substandard quality of gold following which the latter after a minor argument, exchanged the gold chain and asked him not to reveal the matter to anyone.
It is also being alleged that Senapati had earlier cheated around 12 of his customers, who were also known to Mohanty. In order to prevent others from falling prey to Senapati, Mohanty kept sharing the incident to his neighbours.
On January 7, Senapati and his wife attacked Mohanty, while he was standing near the shop, leaving serious injuries on his head.
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)
https://youtu.be/vK0tSQ2AzSY