₹500 Note Bundles, Flashlight Video and ‘Black Magic’ Claim: BJP District Minister Denies Cash Link in Viral Maharajganj Clip
A video purportedly showing a BJP leader standing near bundles of ₹500 currency notes has gone viral on social media from Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh, triggering political controversy. The 20-second video, which surfaced on WhatsApp late Saturday evening, shows BJP District Minister Gautam Tiwari inside a room where bundles of ₹500 notes are seen stacked on the floor on a red carpet. In the clip, Tiwari is seen looking at the bundles using his mobile phone’s flashlight. The person recording the video is heard asking him to switch off the flashlight and claiming that he has filmed the minister with the cash. The video appears to show more than 150 bundles of notes. However, Gautam Tiwari has categorically denied that the money belongs to him. Speaking to journalists after the video went viral, he claimed that the cash shown in the video is fake and alleged that he had been trapped by people practising black magic. Tiwari alleged that five to six individuals cheated him of arou...