The couple in a viral video, claiming to be Navy officer Vinay Narwal’s final moments earlier than Pahalgam assault, has issued an announcement on their social media profile that they’re alive and their video has been mistakenly used as that of Narwal and his spouse.
Navy officer Vinay Narwal was killed when terrorists opened hearth at a bunch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam district, killing 26 civilians, principally vacationers on April 22.
In a video posted on Instagram on April 23, the couple, Ashish Sehrawat and his spouse Yashika Sharma, recognized themselves within the viral video and issued a clarification stating that their clip has been mistakenly linked with the Navy officer.
What was the ‘Navy officer’s viral video’?
A 19-second clip shortly went viral on April 23, exhibiting a younger couple dancing at Pahalgam’s Baisaran valley, the place the fear assault came about. The video was extensively circulated as ‘Navy officer Vinay Narwal’s final video with spouse Himanshi’ earlier than the terrorist assault.
Chatting with HT.com, Sehrawat, who works for the Indian Railways, confirmed the video was recorded on April 14 throughout their trip in Kashmir. Sehrawat additionally shared a screenshot with HT.com, displaying the video’s metadata which confirmed that it was recorded on April 14. Narwal’s household has additionally denied the declare, a HT report mentioned.
What does the couple’s clarification say?
Interesting to their followers on Instagram, the content material creator couple requested to report any pages misusing their video because it’s “really disheartening”.
“Hey guys we’re alive and needed to handle a latest video we posted that sadly sparked a number of hatred, main us to delete it. Sadly, the video was misused by a number of pages and information channels, falsely claiming it was the final video of late Vinay sir and his spouse. Our heartfelt condolences exit to their household. We kindly request that you simply report any pages misusing our video, because it’s really disheartening,” Yashika and Ashish captioned their publish.
The couple had reportedly shared the video on their Instagram web page on the identical day because the assault however deleted it after receiving backlash. “We began receiving backlash for posting a video from the identical location the place the assault occurred, so we took it down. However by then, somebody had already began circulating it with a false declare that it confirmed Vinay Narwal and his spouse,” Sehrawat advised HT.
“It was horrifying for us however greater than that, think about how painful it should have been for the household who misplaced somebody they beloved, solely to see a stranger’s video being circulated as their final reminiscence,” Sharma might be heard saying in her Instagram publish.
Narwal’s final rites held with full navy honours
On Wednesday afternoon, Narwal’s mortal stays had been delivered to the IGI airport in Delhi from Kashmir, from the place they had been taken to his native place Karnal in Haryana the place the final rites had been held with full navy honours.
“Let his soul relaxation in peace…We must always all be happy with him in each approach.
And we’ll make him proud in each approach,” mentioned Himanshi, who hails from Gurugram and is pursuing a PhD. “Jai Hind,” she mentioned, saluting her husband Narwal on the IGI.
As quickly because the mortal stays had been delivered to Karnal, a lot of individuals turned as much as pay their final respects, with some elevating “Pakistan Murdabad” slogans.
Later, Narwal’s spouse and another relations accompanied the Navy officer on his ultimate journey because the mortal stays had been taken to the cremation floor in one other car with 1000’s of individuals turning up.
The final rites had been held within the night in Karnal with Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Punjab’s Finance Minister and AAP chief Harpal Singh Cheema additionally current.
The Navy personnel supplied a gun salute as mortal stays had been consigned to flames.
(With inputs from companies)
