The Pulitzer prize recipient Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed amid insurgency in Afghanistan and inconsiderate Hindu fundamentalists are mocking his death.
The 41-year-old was chief photographer for Reuters news agency and was on assignment in Afghanistan when he died.
Soon as the news broke out on the internet, Indian fundamentalists started sharing pictures of the dead journalist with satirical captions.
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The news sparked a wave of hate against the photojournalist and the right-wingers started denouncing his work.
Some posts were so coarse that they were removed by Twitter.
Someone sent me this 🙏#DanishSiddiqui #DanishSiddique pic.twitter.com/iga28iB1Vw
— Abhijeet 🇮🇳 (@c_unpopular) July 16, 2021
#DanishSiddiqui
He sold pictures of people dying due to COVID without any permission or showing any respect ……How much money he made??— No Conversion (@noconversion) July 17, 2021
Danish Siddiqui had garnered heavy criticism for his work during the covid-19 pandemic in India as he used to capture the real face of the country battling health crisis.
A number of Hindu extremists are calling his death as Karma being served.
Not only this, tweets regarding another prominent journalist Burkha Dutt, who was vocal against the government during the covid-19 crisis, are also prevalent on the microblogging website.
Danish might have never imagined what his own brotherhood, ‘The Taliban’, will do to him. He must have felt safe. But the Taliban is a different breed.
Reuters should hire Barkha Dutt as a replacement for Danish Siddiqui in Kandhar.6/n pic.twitter.com/aIn2QZlAiV
— Meera🇮🇳 (@ImMeeraB) July 17, 2021
After Danish Siddiqui, Barkha should be next target of Talibanis 😷#danishsiddiqui
— Harshita__ (@harshitanegi_) July 16, 2021
We need more fearless Photographers & Journalists like #DanishSiddiqui
India has many such journalists like Rana Ayyub & Barkha Dutt
I request them to visit Afghanistan & Cover Taliban as a mark of tribute to Danish Siddiqui
Go Rana & Barkha in Afghanistan 💪😁
— TRIPPY 💙💙 (@triptrippyy) July 16, 2021
As per a report, near a hundred posts were on the internet mocking the death of Danish Siddiqui.
Several prominent journalists pleaded the netizens to avoid resharing pictures of his dead body but they became an object of scorn by Indian extremists.
That ghoul had no problem selling pictures of our people cremating their victims of the Wuhan virus from commie China.
This disgusting hypocrite 👇 is offended to see the ghoul’s body shared for free. https://t.co/84VHr7nlwb
— Sanjay Mehta 🇮🇳 (@sanjaymehta) July 16, 2021
The photos from drones of the funeral pyres were taken after the approval from those bereaved families. No? https://t.co/HsLvmtfhvq
— s.m (@samikm_2003) July 16, 2021