incredible smoke haze seen outside ndtv office after arnab quits; bursting of firecrackers suspected posted on tweet (image via shutterstock.com) 




an incredible smoke haze was spotted seen outside the ndtv office on tuesday. onlookers claimed that the reason was and uninhibited bursting of firecrackers by people in the building. 




one onlooker claimed he also heard loud firecrackers-like noise near the ndtv office area followed by fumes curling up to form a v-sign. 




experts say it will be difficult to ascertain the source of the emission. a leading pollution expert opined, <u+201c>these days such peculiar fumes can be due to firecrackers during the diwali season or because of pure human emotions giving rise to intense celebrations, revelry, etc.<u+201d> 




this incident, according to the onlooker, happened on tuesday evening, minutes after the news of journalist arnab goswami quitting times now surfaced. 




the unreal times could not verify whether the two events were correlated as the onlooker tried to imply. 




a few onlookers however insisted the fumes could be a smokescreen to hide some kind of celebrations inside the office. the unreal times could not even verify whether there was pun intended in this claim. 




similar incidents of smoke over other media houses were reported too. 




outside the cnn ibn office, one could see similar fumes rising, triggering alarm bells among onlookers. again, firecrackers could have been behind the smoke, according to the observers. 




outside the india today office, not only was smoke seen rising in the air but a grey-haired man was seen enthusiastically distributing sweets among strangers. 




when asked, what was he celebrating the man replied, <u+201c>should we celebrate diwali only during diwali? why not a day later? does that mean we have become anti-national?<u+201d> 




when asked if the celebration had anything to do with the arnab goswami resignation, the man replied with a grin, <u+201c>shubhratri. good night!<u+201d> 




strangely, outside the times now office, no smoke was detected. tweet about amrut thobbi 




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