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--- ">> the presence of a snapper in the area The story indeed seems fishy"

Lovely humor. And here's a little look into why you found that quote:

From NDTV's article -- "According to Metro...." Metro is a UK tabloid. So this article is essentially re-packaging. But by whom?
Whois -- ndtv.com
Domain: ndtv.com
Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC
Registered On: 1996-09-26
Registrant Contact: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Street: 5335 Gate Parkway care of Network Solutions PO Box 459
City: Jacksonville
State: FL
The registrar is Network Solutions, LLC , an American-based technology company and a subsidiary of Web.com ( 5335 Gate Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL 32256, U.S.A. )
Meanwhile: "New Delhi Television is a subsidiary of AMG Media Networks Limited, an Adani Group Company."
NDTV-- New Delhi Television
And Adani? It's the BIG FISH.
Adani Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Ahmedabad.

So Adani's New Delhi Television used a US registrar and uses a US privacy company to operate its "subsidiary" which, in this case, re-wrote a Brit tabloid's "news." Yeah for paraphrasing!

A media version of the kid game, Chinese whispers. Gets "better" with the retelling.

Here's the original....

Sniper's Lord of the Horizon rifle ‘takes out Russian soldier from 2.5 miles’

And in the original one reads... "Kyiv’s security service told Ukrainian media...."

So SBU to Ukrainian media to Metro in the UK to NDTV, Indian operating with a US host, and then posted on Free Republic.