Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker falls prey to 'fake news' on Tokyo Olympics 2020

GUWAHATI: Dr. Numal Momin, the Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly, has fallen prey to 'fake news' that has been circulating lately on social media.

In the evening today, Momin congratulated wrestler Priya Malik for nabbing a gold for India. So far so good. Where Momin went wrong is that he added the #TokyoOlympics 2020 hashtag inferring that Malik had achieved the honour in Tokyo.

Momin later realized his mistake and deleted the tweet.

In reality, Malik has won a Gold Medal at the 2021 World Cadet Wrestling Championship. She beat her Belarus rival Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 in the 73 kg weight category.

A few people mistook Priya Malik for winning gold at the Olympics 2021, but Priya has made a name for herself in another event that is going on in Budapest, Hungary.

In fact, WhatsApp was abuzz with news that India had won its secnd medal at the Olympics.

The happy news comes just a day after Mirabai Chanu won silver yesterday at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

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