A video went viral on social media in which a Maulana Ejaz Arshad Qasmi slapped a woman advocate Farah Faiz on live TV debate over triple talaq on Zee Hindustan.
An outrage was witnessed on the social media with celebrities condemning Maulana Ejaz Arshad Qasmi’s actions.
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Meanwhile, a picture of a tweet by actress Swara Bhaskar started to surface on social media which read:
“This is what hate looks like. The wise and always open to dialogue a Muslim Lawyer attacked by so called Maulana of Muslims. She is 60 years old. This is HEARTBREAKING. Along with ALL the halala this too is on u @INCIndia.”
Interestingly, the picture has Swara Bhaskar’s verified twitter handle with the BLUE tick.
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When the screengrab of Bhaskar’s tweet went viral, the 30-year old actress took it to Twitter to verify that she didn’t post the above tweet.
Fake News Factory at work again!!!!! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Let me repeat. THIS IS FAKE. I have never tweeted this. Thakk jaao Guys! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ #SanghiFakeNewsFactory #NotMe pic.twitter.com/od4cG3jgWV
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 19, 2018
My original tweet. (On left about Swami Agnivesh being attacked) and the Fake News Factory adapting it.. to the Slapgate issue.. guys u are SO creative! 🙄🙄🙄🙄 pic.twitter.com/GLBJAZqmkS
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 19, 2018
Maulana Ejaz Arshad Qasmi who slapped a woman on Tuesday was later arrested from the Zee Media’s office after a complaint by the media house.