Renowned filmmaker and interim government cultural advisor Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has criticized the spread of misinformation following the recent plane crash at Uttara’s Milestone School & College.

Farooki stated that several public figures shared inflated numbers of missing individuals, which were shared over a thousand times on social media. "In moments of collective trauma, false headlines cause further psychological damage," he said, urging artists and influencers to act more responsibly.

According to ISPR, the crash has so far claimed 31 lives and injured 165 people.